SITTA. 321 



Sitta neumayeri, Sharpe Sp Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 18-3 (1872) ; Gadow, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 345 (1883) : Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 347 

 (1903). 



The eggs of the Western Rock-Nuthatch are of a pointed oval 

 shape and very glossy. They are white, marked with pale reddish 

 brown and lilac. At one end of the series will be found eggs which 

 are marked with blotches and spots, chiefly on the broader half ; 

 and at the other end eggs which are marked with only a few 

 specks, or are altogether plain and unmarked. In a few specimens, 

 the blotches form an ill-defined cap at the broad end of the egg, 

 but, as a rule, they are distinct and separate from each other. 

 Examples measure from *73 to -92 in length, and from -55 to -65 in 

 breadth. 



1. South Europe. Thienemann Coll. 



1. Macedonia, 9th April (T. Kruper). Seebohm Coll. 



7. Delphi, Greece, oth May (//. Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm fy T. Kruper). 



9. Parnassus, Greece, 12th May Seebohm Coll. 

 (&$JC). 



4. Smyrna, April (T. Kruper}. Seebohm Coll. 



5. Smyrna, oth April (T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 

 5. Smyrna, llth April (T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Smyrna, 12th April (T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



8. Smyrna, 13th April (T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Smyrna, 14th April (T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 

 1. Smyrna, 26th April '( T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



9. Smyrna, 8th May (T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Smyrna, 9th May (T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Smyrna, June (T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 

 7. Taurus, Asia Minor, 24th April Seebohm Coll. 



(C. G. Danford). 



Sitta tephronota, Sharpe. 



Sitta neumayeri, Barnes, Stray Feath. ix. pp. 216, 453 (1880). 



Sitta syriaca" (nee Michali), Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 346 (1883). 



Sitta tephronota, Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 305 (1889) ; id. 



ed. Hume, Nests 8f Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 195 (1889) ; Sharj*, 



Hand-l. iv. p. 347 (1903). 



The eggs of the Eastern Rock-Nuthatch are larger than those of 



5. neumayeri, but otherwise resemble them very closely. They 

 measure from '78 to -9 in length, and from '62 to '67 in breadth. 



4. Chaman, Afghanistan, 8th April Hume Coll. 



(H. E. Barnes). 



1. Chaman, 10th April (H. E. B.}. Hume Coll. 



3. Chaman, 11th April (H. E. B.). Hume Coll. 



5. Chaman, 15th April (H. E. B.). Hume Coll. 

 \2. Chaman, 18th April (//. E. B.). Hume Coll. 



1. Charmm, 20th April (H. E. B.). Hume Coll. 



1. Chaman, 28th April (H. E. B.). Hume Coll. 



1. Chaman, 1st May (//. E. B.). Hume Coll. 



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