Part 68

Head brown; upper gray streaked black; wing dark-brown with rich rufous band; upper base tail white; tail black tipped white; under gray; under base tail white barred brown; bill sharp slightly upturned; f., head darker. Insects. "Chip-chip."

=329 Black-capped Nuthatch= (Tree-runner, Bark-pecker), Woodpecker (e), N. pileata, N.S.W., V., S.A., C.A., W.A., N.W.A.

Stat. r. open timber 4.7

Grayish-brown; upper base tail white; cap black; quills blackish-brown with rich rufous band; tail black tipped white; forehead, stripe over eye, under white; thighs blackish-brown; f., head, face, hind-neck black. Insects.

F. 139. CERTHIIDAE (8), CREEPERS, 39 sp.--10(10)A., 13(12)O., 9(8)P., 1(1)E., 5(4)Nc., 3(2)Nl.

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=330* Brown Tree-Creeper=, Woodpecker (e), Climacteris picumna, E.A., S.A. =vt. Eur. Creeper.

Stat. c. open timber 7.2

Crown blackish-brown; line over eye buff; throat buff with few blackish spots; upper brown; wings banded buff; under grayish-brown; flanks striped white; f., throat chestnut spots. Insects. Sharp piercing cry. Creep up a tree.

=331* White-throated Tree-Creeper=, Woodpecker (e), C. scandens, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., T.

Stat. c. forest 6.5

Crown sooty-black; back olive-brown; buff band on wing; throat, centre-abdomen white; flanks brownish-black striped white; f., orange spot below ear. Insects. Shrill piping cry. Creeps up.

=332 Red-browed Tree-Creeper=, C. erythrops, S.Q., N.S.W., V., W.A.

Stat. v.r. rough barked trees 6

Back brown; head blackish-brown; forehead marked dusky-gray; rump, tail gray; buff band on wing; face, stripe above eye rust-red; throat white; under grayish-brown striped white; f., face brighter; throat rust-red, striped white. Insects. Creeps up.

=333 White-browed Tree-Creeper=, C. superciliosa, Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., C.A., W.A.

Stat. v.r. timber 5.7

Upper brown; wings rich fawn band; broad white stripe over eye; under grayish-brown; abdomen striped white; f., narrow line rust-red above the white eyebrow; tail washed with gray. Insects. Creeps up.

F. 140. ZOSTEROPIDAE (14), WHITE-EYES, Silver-eyes, 171 sp.--83(80)A., 38(34)O., 4(3)P., 50(50)E.

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=334* White-eye= (Silver, Ring, Glass-), Blight-Bird (Spectacled-), Grape-eater, Silve, Tauhou, Zosterops coerulescens, E.A., S.A., T., N.Z., Chatham Is.

Stat. v.c. open gardens 4.5

Crown, wings, tail olive; back dark-gray; white ring round eye; throat, centre-abdomen, under base tail whitish; flanks chestnut-brown; sometimes throat, side-head yellow; f., sim. Insects, fruit. Pretty lively song.

=335 Gray White-eye=, Z. bowiae, V. (Marong). One specimen only. Mathews now says it is 334.

Like 334, but gray instead of olive, abdomen darker.

=328= Orange-winged Nuthatch =330= Brown Tree-Creeper =331= White-throated Tree-Creeper =334= White-eye =336= Flower-Pecker =336A= Flower-Pecker (Female) =337= Red-tipped Diamond-Bird =340= Spotted Diamond-Bird =341= Golden-rumped Diamond-Bird

=342= White-naped Honey-eater =345= Striped Honey-eater =346= Sanguineous Honey-eater =347= Black Honey-eater =348= Spinebill =351= Painted Honey-eater =349= Tawny-crowned Honey-eater =350= White-fronted Honey-eater =353= Regent Honey-eater

=355= Yellow-eared Honey-eater =356= Singing Honey-eater =357= Yellow-faced Honey-eater