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Sitta leucopsis, Gould. 



(Plate XIV. fig. 14.) 



Sitta leucopsis, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 352 (1833); Gates, 

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

 $ Eggs hid. 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. Jcrueperi. Three examples 

 measure respectively : -Q6 by *55 ; -67 by *53 : *7 by '53. 



3. Sonamavg, Kashmir, 29th May Hume Coll. 

 (C. B. Cock). 



Sitta pygmaea, Vig. 



(Plate XIV. fig. 16.) 



Sitta pvgmrea, Baird, Brewer § Ridgy}. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 120 

 (1874); Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 355 (1883); Nehrk. Kat. 

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



The egg of the Pigmy Nuthatch 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 S. krueperi. It measures # 61 by *48. 



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



Genus DENDROPHILA, Swains. 



Dendrophila frontalis, Swains. 



(Plate XIV. fig. 18.) 



Dendrophila frontalis, Leqqe, Birds Ceylon, p. 560 (1879); Sharpe, 



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

 Sitta frontalis, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 358 (1883) ; Oates, 



Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, i. p. 307 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests Sf 



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



The eggs of the Velvet-fronted Blue Nuthatch 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 "55 ; '66 by "51 ; '67 

 by '5 ; *67 by -5. 



3. Sikhim Terai, 17th April. Hume Coll. 



1. Kotagherry, Nilghiri Hills, S. India, Hume Coll. 

 10th Feb. {Miss Cockburn). 



