CLIMACTERIS. 
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Hah. Derby, N.W. Australia, Port Darwin and Port Essington, 
Gulf of Carpentaria, Cape York, Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, 
Wide Bay District, Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence 
Rivers Districts, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, 
Tasmania. ( Ramsay. J 
Family CERTHIIDiE. 
Sub-Family CERTHIINJE. 
Genus CLIMACTERIS, Temminek. 
CLIMACTERIS SCANDENS, Temminek. 
Brown Tree-creeper. 
Gould, Hctndbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 366, p. 598. 
This bird is to be found breeding freely throughout New South 
Wales, Victoria and South Australia ; constructing a nest of 
grasses, fur, itc., usually in the hole of some decayed branch or 
spout of a Eucalyptus, and occasionally out of arms reach. The 
eggs two in number for a sitting are of a reddish-white ground 
colour, closely freckled all over with rich reddish markings 
towards the larger end, where in some instances they form a zone. 
Two eggs taken by Mr. James Ramsay at Tyndarie, on the 24th 
of August 1879, measure as follows : — (A) 0'93 x 074 inch; (B) 
0-95 x 0-73 inch. 
The breeding season commences in August and lasts till the 
end of December. 
Ilab. Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay District, 
Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New 
South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South Australia, (Ramsay.) 
