CLIMACTERIC. 
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Climacteris rufa obscura Carter. 
Climacteric rufa obscura Carter, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. xxvii. p. 16, 
Nov. 4th, 1910: Warren River, South-West Australia. (Fig. 
Math. xi. pi. 499.) 
Distr. —South-West Australia (Warren River). 
Climacteris rufa orientalis Math. 
Climacteris rufa orientalis Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 382, 
Jan. 31st, 1912 : Gawler Ranges, South Australia. 
Distr. —South Australia. 
Climacteris placens Scl. New Guinea Tree-creeper. 
Distr. —New Guinea. 
Climacteris placens placens Scl. (18-325.) 
Climacteris placens Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Bond. 1873, p. 693, 1874: 
Atarn, Arfak Mts., N.W. New Guinea. 
Distr. —New Guinea (N.W.). 
Climacteris placens meridionalis Hart. 
Climacteris placens meridionalis Hartert, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 
vol. xxi. p. 27, 1907 : Owgarra, Angabunga River, New Guinea. 
Distr. —New Guinea, Angabunga River. 
Climacteris melanota Gould. Black-backed Tree-creeper. 
Distr. —North Queensland. 
Climacteris melanota melanota Gould. (8-334.) 
Climacteris melanota Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1846, p. 106, 
Jan. 26th, 1847 : River Lynd=Nasseau River, Gulf of Carpen¬ 
taria, North Queensland. (Fig. Gould, iv c pi. 96.) 
Distr. —North Queensland (Gulf side, west). 
Climacteris melanota barroni (Math.). 
Whitlocka melanota barroni Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. ii. p. 131, 
Jan. 28th, 1915: Cairns, North Queensland. (Fig. Math. xi. 
pi. 499.) 
Distr. —North Queensland (east). 
Climacteris melanura Gould. Black-tailed Tree-creeper. 
Distr. —Northern Australia. 
Climacteris melanura melanura Gould. (8-332.) 
Climacteris melanura Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1842, p. 138, 
Feb. 1843: North-West Coast=Derby, North-West Australia. 
(Fig. Gould, iv. pi. 97 ; Math. xi. pis. 503-4.) 
Distr. —North-West Australia and West Northern Territory. 
