siTXA. 321: 



Sitta neiiiuayeri, SharpeS,- Dreader, Bir(h Eur. iii. p. 18-1 (1^72) ; Gaclon\ 

 Cat. Biida B. M. viii. p. o4o (1883) ; Sharpe, Iland-l. iv. p. ^47 

 (1903). 



The eggs of tlie Western Rock-Xuthatch are of a pointed oval 

 shape and very glossy. They are white, marked with pale reddish 

 brown and lilac. At one end of the series will be found eggs which 

 are marked with blotches and spots, chiefly on the broader half ; 

 and at the other end eggs which are marked with only a few 

 specks, or are altogether plain and unmarked. In a few specimens, 

 the blotches form an ill-defined cap at the broad end of the egg, 

 but, as a rule, they are distinct and separate from each other. 

 Examples measure from "73 to -92 in length, and from '55 to •(So in 

 breadth. 



]. South Europe. Thieneniruiii CdII. 



1. Macedonia, 9th April (T. Krilpcr). Seebi.hm ('(ill. 



7. Delj)bi, Greece, 5th May (//. Scebohm Onll. 



Sicebohm c^" T. Krilper). 

 9. Parnassus, Greece, 12th Mav Seebohm Coll. 

 (.S'..yA'.)._ 



4. Smyrna, April (7". Kriljwr). Seebnhni Coll. 



5. Smyrna, oth April {T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 

 5. Sunrna, 11th April [T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 

 4. Smyrna, 12th April ( 7". A'.). Seebohm Coll. 



8. Smyrna, ISth April {T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Smyrua, 14th April (T-X.). Seebohm Coll. 

 1. Smyrna, 26th April ( r. A'.). Seebohm Coll. 



9. Smyrna, 8th Mav {T. A'.). Seeb..hm Coll. 



3. Smyrna, 9th Mav (7'. A'.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Smyrna, June (T. A.). Seebohm Coll. 



7. Taurus. Asia Minor, 24th April Seebohm Coll. 



(C. G. Danford). 



Sitta tephronota, Sharpe. 



S'.tta neuraaveri, Barnes, Stray Feath. ix. pp. 216, 4o3 (1880). 



Sitta syriaea (nee Michah), Gadoiv, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 346 (1883). 



Sitta tephronota, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 305 (1889); id. 



ed. Hume, Nests Sc Eqqs Ind. Birds, i. p. 195 (1889) ; Sharjx, 



Hand-l. iv. p. 347 (1903). 



The eggs of the Eastern Rock-Xuthatch are larger than those of 



8. nenmat/eri, but otherwise resemble them very closely. They 

 measure from '78 to -9 in length, and from -62 to -67 in breadth. 



4. Chaman, Afghanistan, 8th April Hume Cull. 



(//. E. Banus). 



1. Chaman, 10th April {H. E. B.). Hume Coll. 

 .3. Chaman, II th April (//■. ^. /?.). Ilnme Coll. 



5. Chaman, 15th April (H. E. II.). Hume Coll. 



2. Chaman, ISth April (11. E. />'.). Hume Coll. 

 ]. Chamin, 20th April (//. A'. i>'.). Hume C..11. 

 1. Chaman, 28th Api-il (Tf. A'. />'.). Hume Coll. 

 1. Chaman, Ist May (//. E. B.]. Hume Coll. 



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