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CLI MACTERIDiE. 
Family CLIMACTERIDjE. 
Genus CLIMACTERIS Temm. 
Clirnacteris Temminck, Man. d’Orn. 2nd ed. vol. i. p. lxxxv, Oct. 21st, 
1820. Type (by subsequent designation, Gray, 1840, p. 18): 
Clirnacteris picumnus Temm. et Laug. 
Whitlncka Mathews, Austral Av. Hoc. vol. i. p. 115, Dec. 24th, 1912. Typo 
(by original designation) : Clirnacteris melanura Gould. 
Neodima Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. i. p. 115, Dec. 24th, 1912. Type (by 
original designation): Clirnacteris picumnus T. et L. 
Clirnacteris picumnus Temm. et Laug. Brown Tree-creeper. 
Distr. —Queensland to South Australia. 
Clirnacteris picumnus picumnus Temm. et Laug. (8-336.) 
Clirnacteris picumnus Temminck et Laugier, Planch. Color. d’Ois. 
47th livr. p. 281, fig. 1, (vol. iii.) June 26th, 1824 : South Queens¬ 
land. (Fig. Gould, iv. pi. 93 ; Math. xi. pi. 498.) 
Distr. —South Queensland and New South Wales. 
Clirnacteris picumnus Victoria Math. 
Clirnacteris picumnus victories Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 382, 
Jan. 31st, 1912 : Parwan, Victoria. (Fig. Math. xi. pi. 498.) 
Distr ,— Victoria. 
Clirnacteris picumnus australis Math. 
Clirnacteris picumnus australis Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 382, 
Jan. 31st, 1912 : Murray Flats, South Australia. 
Distr. —South Australia (Murray Flats). 
Clirnacteris picumnus waitei S. A. White. 
Clirnacteris waitei S. A. White, Emu, vol. xvi. p. 168, Jan. 15th, 1917 : 
Innamincka, Central Australia. (Fig. Math, xi pi. 490, and Emu, 
xvii. pi. 1.) 
Distr . — South Australia (Central). 
Clirnacteris rufa Gould. Rufous Tree-creeper. 
Distr. — South and South-West Australia. 
Clirnacteris rufa rufa Gould. (8-335.) 
Clirnacteris rufa Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1840, p. 149, July, 1841 : 
West Australia. (Fig. Gould, iv. pi. 9, and Math. xi. pis. 499, 504.) 
Distr. — South-West Australia (inland). 
