326 CDUiiiiii'.i:. 



An egg of the Spotted Grey Creeper in the Collection is of a blunt 

 oval shape and moderately glossy. It is pale greenish grey, 

 speckled and spotted, chiefly on the broader half, with blackish 

 brown and lavender-grey. It measures 67 by "52. 



1. Iliittin, Gurgaon District, Punjab, Hume Coll. 

 10th April {Cleveland). 



Genus TICHODROMA, Xlligi r. 

 Tichodroma muraria (Linn.). 



Certhia muraria, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. xvii. fig. 9 (1845 54). 



Tichodroma muraria, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 43. tig. 5 (1855 63) ; 

 id. J.f. 0. 1856, p. 33, tab. i. tig. 11 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p 207 

 (1871); Bree, Birds Bur. 2nd ed. iii. p. 4(i, pi. (1875); Seebohm, 

 Brit. Birds, i. p. 518, pi. 18 (1883) ; Gadow, Cat. Birds />'. M. viii. 

 p. 331 (1883); Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 218, pi. 54. fig. 6 

 (1896) ; Sharpe, JIand-l. iv.'p. 356 (1903). 



The eggs of the "Wall-Creeper are of a pointed oval shape and 

 very glossy. They are white, marked, chiefly on the broad half 

 and very sparingly, with specks and small spots of reddish brown 

 and lilac-grey. They measure from '73 to "82 in length, and from 

 51 to -61 in breadth. 



3. Great St. Bernard, Switzerland. Seebohm Coll. 



1. i\It. Cenis, Switzerland, 20lh May. Seebohm ( Joll. 

 1. Mt. Cenis, 6th June. Seebohm Coll. 



Genus CL1MACTERIS, Temm. 



Clirnacteris scandens, Temm. 



Climacteris scandens, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. xvii. fig. !•"> 



Birds, i. p. 834, pi. 13 (1901) ; Sharpe, Iland-l. iv. p. 357 (1903) 



The eggs of the Australian Brown Creeper are of a very broad 

 oval form, approaching the spherical, and they exhibit a small 

 amount of gloss. They are palo pinkish buff, profusely mottled and 

 blotched with rich purplish red and lavender. They measuro from 

 •87 to '92 in length, and from - 07 to "76 in breadth. 



3. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. Nairn, near Adelaide. E. S. Moulden, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Uippsland, Victoria. F. A. Philbrick, Esq., K.C. [P.], 



