LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Family CLIMACTERID.-E. 
CCCCV. Genus CLIMACTERIS. 
Climacteris Temminck, Manuel d'Orn., 2nd ed., \ ol. I., p. lxxxv., Oct. 21st, 1820. Type(by subsequent designation 
Gray, List Genera Birds, 1st ed., p. 18, 1840) : Climacteris picximnus Temminck. 
Neoclima Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 5, p. 115, Dec. 24th, 1912. Type (by original designation): 
Climacteris picumnus Temminck et Laugier. 
528. CLIMACTERIS PICUMNUS. BROWN TREE-CREEPER, 
Gould, Vol. IV., pi. 93 (pt. iv.), Sept. 1st, 1841. Mathews, Vol. XI., pt. 2, pi. 498, Nov.21st 
1923. 
Climacteris picumnus Temminck et Laugier, Planch. Color. d’Ois., 47* livr., pi. 281, f. 1 (Vol. III.), June 2Gth, 1824: 
Queensland. 
Climacteris picumnus victoria* Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVTII., p. 382, Jan. 31st, 1912: Parwan, Victoria. 
Climacteris picumnus australis Mathews, ib. : Murray Flats, South Australia. 
Climacteris waited S. A. White, Emu, Vol. XVI., pt. 3, p. 108, Jan. 15th, 1917: Innamincka, Central South 
Australia. 
Distribution. From Queensland to South Australia. 
529. CLIMACTERIS RUFA. RUFOUS TREE-CREEPER. 
Gould, Vol. IV., pi. 94 (pt. iv.), Sept. 1st, 1841. Mathews, Vol. XI., pt. 2, pi. 499, Nov. 
21st, 1923, and pt. 3, pi. 504, Dec. 27th, 1923. 
Climacteris rufa Could, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1S40, p. 149, July 1841 : West Australia. 
Climacteris rufa obscura Carter, Bull. Brit. Ora. Club, Vol. XXVII., p. 16, Nov. 4th, 1910 : Warren River, South¬ 
west Australia. 
Climacteris rufa orientalis Mathews. Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 382, Jan. 31st, 1912: Gawler Ranges. South 
Australia. 
Distribution. South-west Australia and Western South Australia. 
530. CLIMACTERIS MELANOTA. BLACK-BACKED TREE-CREEPER. 
Gould, Vol. IV., pi. 96 (pt. xxvu.), Juno 1st, 1847. Mathews, Vol. XI., pt. 2, pi. 499, Nov. 
21st, 1923. 
Climacteris melanotus Gould, Proc Zool Soc. (Lend.), 1840, p. 106, Jan. 26th, 1847: River Lvnd^Wm 
River, Gulf ot Carpentaria, Queensland. 
Whitlocka melanota barroni Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 7, p. 131, Jan. 28th, 1915: Cairns, North 
Queensland. 
Distribution. North Queensland. 
CCCVI. Genus CORMOBATES. 
C °™° c'S.t^ZriJTS,™: Vo1 - V " P- «• ** *«• Typ. (by origtal 
531. CORMOBATES LEUCOPH^A. WHITE-THROATED CREEPER. 
Gould Vol. IV., pi. 98 (pt. iv.), Sept. 1st, 1841. ' Mathews, Vol. XI., pt. 2, pi. 500, Not. 
*<lStj 1 J-t), 
Oert/iw loucophtaa Latham, Index Ornit h., Suppl., p. xxxvi., 'after May 30tli) 1801 : New South Woles (Sydney). 
Petrodroma iwuWcmi Viefllot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., nouv. ed.. Vol. XXVI., p. 107, Dec. 26th, 1818: New South 
Wales (Sydney). 1 
Climacteris scam/etia Tomminek et Laugier, Planch. Color. d'Ois., 47* livr., pi. 281, f. 2 (Vol. III.), June 20th, 1824: 
New South M ales (Sydnoy). 1 v " 
Climacteris aurwoniis Swain son, Classif. Birds, Vol. II., p. 319, July 1st, 1S37. New namo for Cl.scandcns Temro. 
plus Cl. picumnus Temm. 
Ccrtlna leucoptcra “ Vieill.” Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av., Vol. I., p. 226, (Juno) 1850. As synonym of leucophaa. 
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