siTiA. — DDNiiiioriirn. 323 



Sitta leucopsis. Gould. 



(Plate XIV. fig. 14.) 



Sitta leucopsis, Gadoiv, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 352 (1833); Oaie% 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 306 (1899) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests 

 8f Eggs Ind. Birds, i.p. 306 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 75 

 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 349 (1903). 



The eggs of the White-cheeked Nuthatch do not appear to differ 

 in any manner from those of S. Icrueperi. Three examples 

 measure respectively : -66 by "oo ; -67 by -53 ; "7 by "53. 



3. Sonamaro-, Kaohrair, 29th May Hume Coll. 

 (C. li. Cuck). 



Sitta pygmsea, Vi<j. 



(Plate XIV. fig. 16.) 



Sitta pvgmnsa, Baird, Brcir^r S,- Ridffic. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 120 

 (18r4); Gadoir, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 355 (1883); Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamnd. p 75 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 350 (1903). 



The egg of the Pigmy Xuthatch in the Collection is of a regular 

 oval shape and devoid of gloss. It is white, speckled very evenly all 

 over the shell with pale reddish-brown and lilac, and resembles 

 many of the eggs of ^i?. krueperl. It measures ■61 by "48. 



1. British Cohimbia. J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus DENDROPHILA, Swains. 



Dendrophila frontalis, Swains. 



(Plate XIV. fig. 18.) 



Deiidropliila frontalis, Le'/r/e, Birds Ceylon, p. 560 (1879) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iv. p. 351 (1903). 

 Sitta frontalis, Gadoiv, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 3.58 (1883) ; Oates, 



Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 307 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests .^• 



Eijgs Ind. Birds, i. p. 196 (1889). 



The eggs of the Velvet:-fronted Blue Xutbatch are of a broad 

 oval shape and devoid of all gloss. They are white, rather coarsely 

 blotched, chiefly at the broad end, with reddish brown and lilac-red. 

 Four examples measure respectively : "69 by -bb ; '66 by "51 ; -67 

 by -5 ; -67 by -5. 



3. Sikhim Terai, 17tli April. Tlume Coll. 



1. KotKffherrv, Xilfifhin Hills, S. India, Hume Coll. 

 10th Ft-b. {Miss Covkharn). 



