68 rico-PAssKREs. 



Genus SITTA*. 

 Liiinicus, Syst. Xat. i. p. 177 (17<)B). 



Sitta csesia. 



Sitta casia. Wolf, Taschenb. Dciilsch. Yogelk. i. p. 128 (1810) ; 

 Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 17-">, pi. Hi* (1873). 



The Common Nuthatch. 



Hah. Soutliern and Central Europe to Asia Minor. 



308. Natural skeleton (toes imperfect). 0. C. 15o(3. 



South Collection. 



309. Natural skeleton : niountetl. O.C. 153(3 B. 



YarreU CoUerfion. 



310. Sternum and shoulder-oinlle (wanting left sca])ula). 



S. S. 1398. FnrchaseiL 



Genus SITTELLA. 

 Swainson, Class, li. ii. p. 317 (1837). 



Sittella pileata. 



SittcUa jnleata, Gould, Proc. Zool. 8oe. 1837, p. 159 ; id. Handb. 

 B. Austr. i. p. 612 (1865). 



The Black-capped Nuthatch. 



JI<(h. Australia. 



311. Skeleton. 0. C. 1.533. ffiinferuin. 



Sittella chrysoptera. 



Sitfella ehrysopifra, Latham, lud. Urn. Suppl. p. xxxii (1801) ; 

 Gould, Handb. B. i^ustr. i. p. 609 (1865). 



The Orange-winged Nuthatch. 



ILih. Australia. 



312. Sternum and shoulder-o;ii*dle (wanting right sCapula). 



Dobroyde, N. S. W. {E. P. Ramsay). S. S. 1G96. 



Presented hij Dr. P. P. Ramsay. 



* Cf. F. A. Lucas, Troc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiii. p. 3.37. 



