324 sittid.t:. — CERXiiTin.ii:. 



Genus NEOSITTA, llellma,jr. 

 Neositta ctrysoptera {Lath.). 



Sitlella chTvsopter<a, Got/Id, Handb. Birds Amtr. i. p. 609 (1865) ; Gacloir, 

 Cat. Birds Ji. M. \iii. p. 360 (IbS^).; North, Nests S^ Eqqs Austr. 

 Birds, p. 240 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 75 (1899) ; 

 Campbell, Nests S, F;/fjs Austr. Birds, i. p. 237, pi. 13 (1901). 



Neositta clirysoptera, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 351 (1903). 



The eggs of the Orange-winged Creeper are of an ordinary oval 

 form and slightly glossy. They are bluish-white, profusely marked 

 with spots and small blotches of dark slaty-brown and pale slatj'- 

 grey. Three examples measure respectively : "68 by 51 ; '65 by 

 •51 ; -66 by -51. 



8. New South Wales, Dec. Gould Coll. 



(E. P. Bumsaij). 



Neositta pileata {Gould). 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 17.) 



Sittella pileata, G'owW, irrw<?6. 5»t7s Austr. i. p. 612 (1865); Gadow, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 362 (1883) ; North, Free. Linn. Soc. 

 N.S.W. 2nd ser. ii. p. 409 (1887); id. Nests S,- Eggs Austr. Birds, 

 p. 242 (1889); Campbell, Nests ^ Effys Austr.' Birds, i. p. 340 

 (1801). 



Neositta pileata, Sharpe, Iland-l. iv. p. 352 (1903). 



The eggs of the Elack-capped Creeper resemble those of 

 N. clirysoptera, but are rather larger and more ccarselj' blotched. 

 They measure from 'GS to -71 in length, and from -52 to '55 in 

 breadth. 



6. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



Family CErailllD/E. 



Genus CERTHIA, Linn. 

 Certhia familiaris, Linn. 



Certhia familiaris, Thien. Fort]}flanz. qes. J'of/. tab. xvii. fig. 10, a-c 

 (1845-54); Baedekei; Eier Eur.' Yog. tab. 43. fig. 2 (1855-63); 

 Heivitson, Egi/s of Brit. Birds, i. p. 243, pi. Ixii. fig. ii (1856) ; 

 Satinders, Ibis, 1871, p. 208 : Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 195 (1874) ; 

 Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 323 (1883) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, 

 i. p. 512, pi. 11 (1883) ; id. Egi/s of Brit. Birds, p. 217, pi. 54. fig. 5 

 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 353 (1903). 



Certhia brachydactyla, Baedeker, torn. cit. tab. 43. fig. 3. 



Certhia costiB, Baedeker, torn. cit. tab. 43. fig. 4. 



The eggs of the Common Creeper are of a pointed oval shape and 

 slightly glossy. They are white or pale cream-colour, speckled and 

 spotted with rusty reddish brown and underlying lavender. In 



