tree-runner

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


another name for the Sittella (q.v.). The species are – – Black-capped Tree-Runner – – Sittella pileata, Gould.

Orange-winged T. – – S. chrysoptera, Lath.

Pied T. – – S. albata, Ramsay.

Slender-billed T. – – S. tenuirostris, Gould.

Striated T. – – S. striata, Gould.

White-headed T. – – S. leucocephala, Gould.

White-winged T. – – S. leucoptera, Gould.

But see Gould's earlier (1848), under Sittella.

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