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THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA 
NEST. Composed of fur, hair, strips of soft bark, dried grasses, and 
vegetable down; placed in a hollow limb or the trunk of a tree at 
heights up to 30 feet from the ground. 
eggs. Two or three, pinkish-white, spotted and speckled with pink¬ 
ish-red and purplish-red markings. Breeding-season: September to 
December. 
14. Black-tailed Tree-creeper Climacteris melanura Gould-14A. 
Female 
mel'-an-ur'-a— Gk, melas ( melanos ), black; Gk, ura ( oura ), tail. 
distribution. North-western Australia (from Derby) to western 
Queensland. 
notes. Usually in pairs; found in timbered river-flats clothed in 
coolabah, bloodwood, wattle, bauhinia, and silver box. Habits similar 
to the other Tree-creepers. 
nest. Composed of soft bark, fur, and dried grasses, and placed 
in a hollow spout or trunk of a tree. 
eggs. Two, pinkish-white, spotted, blotched, and speckled with num¬ 
erous and well-distributed markings of pinkish-red and purple, with a 
well-defined cap at the larger end. Breeding-season: September to 
January. 
15. Allied Tree-creeper Climacteris wellsi Grant 
wellsi— T. Wells, ornithologist, British Museum, London. 
distribution. Mid-western Australia. 
notes. Native name Chinin-chinin. Similar in habits to the other 
Tree-creepers. The female has a rusty-red marking on its fore-neck. 
nest. Similar to that of the Black-tailed Tree-creeper. 
eggs. Similar to those of the Black-tailed Tree-creeper. 
