GG6 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on a 



Zool. pi. vii. (1896)] is somewhat misleading, as the wide 

 pale buff band through the wing is not indicated and the 

 back is represented as being olive instead of greyish-brown. 



Neositta pileata (Gould). 



Neositta jnleata Hellmayr, Tierreich, Sittidse, p. 197 

 (1903) ; Math. p. 88. 



a-e. $ ? . King River, 12th Dec. -10th Jan. 



/. ? . Big Grove, 29th April. 



y. (J. Crookerdine Lake, IStli July. 



h. ? . Parker's Range, 10th Aug. 



i. ? . Kurrawang, 8th Sept. 



Iris reddish-buff; eyelids yellow ; bill cinnamon-brow^n, 

 with the basal half yellow ; legs yellow^ claws brown. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 4'75-5"0 inches. 



[The Black-capped Bark-pecker w as plentiful in the south- 

 west and ranged as far inland as Kalgoorlie, and as far north 

 as the Gascoyne River, where, however, it became less 

 plentiful. It differs from Climacteris in being gregarious, 

 and resembles a Nuthatch rather than a Woodpecker in 

 its habits. — G. C -S.] 



Neositta tenuirostris (Gould). 



Neositta tenuirostris Math. p. 88. 



a. (J. Hawksnest, 6th Nov. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 4*4 inches. 



The type of this species appears to be quite a young bird 

 with a brownish head. It has a very long and very slender 

 bill with the terminal portion maroon-red. An adult male, 

 procured at Hawksnest, Laverton, appears to belong to this 

 slender-billed form, being very similar to the type, but with 

 the crown black, and a narrow band across the forehead, as 

 well as the sides of the face, w^hite. 



Sphenostoma cristatum Gould. 



Sphenostoma cristatum Math. p. 87. 



a-d. S 9 . Carnarvon, 19th July-25th Aug. 



e-h. (5^ ? et ? imm. Clifton Downs, 9th-16th Oct. 



Iris hazel ; bill black ; legs slaty. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 8 '0-8 5 inches. 



