WHITE-BROWED TREECREEPER. 
although the birds were about, only once or twice in an hour was a whistle 
heard. The one shot in the pine scrub at Pungonda uttered a low chatter¬ 
ing noise very similar to that of C. scandens 
Mellor then described this Pungonda bird, writing : “As might reasonably 
be expected a Climacteris inhabiting the pine and mallee country differs 
considerably from its ally in the arid districts of Central Australia. . . The 
birds were rare and very noiseless, being in marked contrast to the Southern 
Brown Treecreeper with which they were in company.” 
Whitlock met with, this species on the East Murchison, Mid-west Australia, 
and has recorded: “ Not at all common, and always met with in isolated 
pairs, chiefly in big mulga or casuarina country. In its habits it hardly differs 
from its congeners, and its notes are characteristic of the genus. Probably 
it has a song like C. rufa, but I never heard it—to recognise it, that is. . . 
The call note of this species is rather shrill and somewhat stridulant.” 
In connection with G. rufa I have already printed Whitlock’s later notes, 
where he contrasts the distribution of the two species in Western Australia. 
As regards the scientific history I have already printed Blyth’s description, 
and my selection of Broken Hill as the type locality of Blyth’s species. Tins 
will leave the name superciliosa to be borne by the Central Australian form 
and, if the Pungonda bird differs from the Broken Hill bird, Mellor’s name 
will also be available. 
Mellor stated : “ Compared with North’s description . . the Southern 
form is altogether more robust, and the coloration differs considerably from 
the Central Australian bird, being more greyish above ; crown of head and 
fore-head being uniform dark grey; no wash of brown on the grey upper tail- 
coverts ; subterminal band on tail black: no buffy-brown on sides of body 
and centre of abdomen ; and dull white in place of buffy-white on under 
tail-coverts, which are ‘ barred ’ with black spots.” 
North’s description of Climacteris superciliosa reads : “ Adult male. Like 
the male of C. erythrops, but differing from that species in having a smaller 
bill; the crown of the head greyish-brown instead of blackish-brown; the 
band through the wing rich buff instead of pale greyish-buff ; the ear-covei’ts 
greyish-black streaked with white instead of uniform greyish-brown; and 
the orbital region and superciliary stripes pure white instead of rusty-red. 
Total length 5‘7 inches ; wing 3'55 ; tail 2 - 55 ; bill from fore-head 0'6, from 
gape 073; tarsus 073. Adult female. Like the male in colour, but having 
the white superciliary stripes margined above by narrower fines of rusty-red 
and the feathers on the centre and lower part of the fore-neck dull white edged 
with pale rusty-red. Illara Creek, Central Australia.” 
This bird inhabits the mulgar country of Western New South Wales. 
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