The Emu : official organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union . emuofficialorgan1419141915roya Year: 1901 Vol. XIV. 1915 ] Mellor, The Young of Climacteris leucophcBa. 159 with a tinge of grey on the outer webs ; the secondaries are also brownish-black tipped with slaty-grey, the greater wing coverts being of the latter colour. The primaries and secondaries have a bar of very pale rufous-brown crossing them midway, and appearing as a patch, which is conspicuous when the bird has its wings expanded in flight. The tail is slaty-grey, the two central feathers being wholly of that colour, wh
The Emu : official organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union . emuofficialorgan1419141915roya Year: 1901 Vol. XIV. 1915 ] Mellor, The Young of Climacteris leucophcBa. 159 with a tinge of grey on the outer webs ; the secondaries are also brownish-black tipped with slaty-grey, the greater wing coverts being of the latter colour. The primaries and secondaries have a bar of very pale rufous-brown crossing them midway, and appearing as a patch, which is conspicuous when the bird has its wings expanded in flight. The tail is slaty-grey, the two central feathers being wholly of that colour, while the others are more or less crossed by a broad band of jet black, leaving the tips and Young White-throated Tree-creeper. FROM A PHOTO. BY A. H. E. MATTINGLEY. bases slaty-grey. The tips have a touch of white on the inner webs, this being more pronounced on the two outer feathers. The under tail coverts are pale whitish-cream, with several spots of black on either side of the feathers, giving them a barred and mottled appearance. The under surface is white on the throat, going into cream on the chest, darkening into dark cream or pale brown down the centre to the abdomen, while the flanks are
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