CLIMACTERIS. 
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The above eggs were taken by Mr. K. H. Bennett in November 
at Ivanhoe. Two eggs only are laid for a sitting, the other egg 
(C) was addled and was taken from a nest containing also a 
young bird. This bird breeds from September to December. 
Hah. Wide Bay District, Richmond and Clarence Rivers 
Districts, New South Wales, Interior, f Ramsay ) 
CLIMACTERIS MELANURA, Gould. 
Black-tailed Tree-creeper. 
Gould, Handbk. lids. Aust., Yol. i., sp. 370, p. G04. 
The only eggs of this species I have yet seen, were taken by 
Mr. James Ramsay at Tyndarie, on the 19th of September 1880, 
from a nest built of grasses, «tc., in the hollow branch of a 
Eucalyptus. The eggs tw T o in number are of a light reddish ground 
colour, almost obscured by heavy longitudinal blotches of rich 
reddish-brown, and a few obsolete spots of lilac. Length (A) 
0-9 x 0-73 inch; (B) Cb89 x 073 inch. 
Hab. Derby, N.W. Australia, Port Darwin and Port Essington, 
Gulf of Carpentaria, New South Wales. (Ramsay.) 
CLIMACTERIS LEUCOPHCEA, Latham. 
White-throated Tree-creeper. 
Gould, Ilandble. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 371, p. 605. 
This, like all other members of the genus Climacteris constructs 
a nest of grasses, feathers, &c., in the hollow part of a dead 
branch. A set of two taken by Mr. John Ramsay at Macquarie 
Fields in 1861, are of a dull white, marked with round spots of 
reddish-brown towards the larger end, with very minute dots of 
the same colour scattered over the rest of the surface. Length 
(A) 0-85 x 0-67 inch ; (B) 0-89 x 0 - 66 inch. 
This species breeds during September and the two following 
months. 
