322 SITTIDJE. 



Sitta krueperi, Pelz. 



Sitta krueperi, Dresser, Birds Eur. hi. p. 189 (1872): Danfoid, Ibis, 

 1878, p. 10; Gadoto, Cat. Birds />'. .1/. viii. p. 350 (1883) ; Nehrk. 

 K<it. Eiersamml. p. 70 (1899) ; Sharpe, llaud-l. iv. p. 348 (1903). 



The eggs of Kriiper's Nuthatch are of a broad pointed oval 

 shape and very slightly glossy. They are white, profusely speckled 

 and spotted with reddish-brown and lilac. The markings are 

 denser at the broad end than elsewhere, and generally form an ill- 

 defined cap at that part. Specimens measure from -02 to -7 in 

 length, and from -51 to -55 in breadth. 



1. Smyrna, 18th April (T. Krilper). Secbohm Coll. 



1. Smyrna, 4th June (T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Taurus, Asia Minor, 17th April Seebohm Coll. 



( C. G. Danford). 



7. Taurus, 17th April (C. G. D.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Taurus, 17th April l ('. G. I>.). Seebohm Coll. 

 6. Taurus, 18th April [C. G. !>.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Taurus, 18th April (C. G. D.). Seebohm Coll. 



6. Taurus, 18th April (C. G. I).). Seebohm Coll. 



Sitta whiteheadi, Sharpe. 



(Plate XIV. fig. 15.) 



Sitta whiteheadi, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1884, p. 233; Whitehead, Ibis, 1885, 

 p. 28, pi. ii. ; Dresser, Birds Eur. ix. (Suj/pl.) p. 133 (1895) ; Sharpe, 

 mmd~l.xv.ip. 348 (1903). 



The eggs of the Corsican Nuthatch are not distinguishable from 

 those of S. "krueperi. Seven examples measure from "00 to - 7 in 



length, and from -49 to -52 in breadth. 



3. Corsica. J. Whitehead Esq. [C.]. 



4. Corsica, 21st May (J. Whitehead). Seebohm Coll. 



Sitta castaneiventris, FranJcl. 



(Plate XIV. fig. 13.) 



Sitta castaneiventris, Gadoto, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 3-51 (1883) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 304 (1889) j id. ed. Hume, Nests ^ 

 Eggs Ind. Birds,\. p. 194 (1889); Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 7-j 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 348 (1903). 



The eggs of the Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch resemble those of 



5. krueperi, and require no separate description. They measure 



from "65 to ~i in length, and from 'o to '55 ill breadth. 



3. Sitapur, Oudh (C. 7.'. t Hume Coll. 



I. Sitapur, 19th March (C. B. C). Hume Coll. 



1. Sitapur, 23rd March (C. B. ' ,). Hume Coll. 



1. Sitapur, 24th March (C. B. C). Hume Coll. 



2. Sitapur, 25th March (C. B. ('.). Hume Coll. 



