326 CEETHIID^E. 



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 '5'2. 



1. Hattin, Gurgaon District. Punjab; Hume Coll. 

 16th April (Cleveland). 



Genus TICHODROMA, Illiger. 

 Tichodroma mtiraria (Linn.}. 



Certhia muraria, Tliien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. xvii. fig. 9 (184554). 



Tichodroma muraria, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 43. fig. 5 (1855-03) ; 

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

 (1871); Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iii. p. 46, pi. (1875); Seebohm, 

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

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

 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-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. Mt. Cenis, Switzerland, 20th May. Seebohm Coll. 

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



Genus CLIMACTERIS, Temm. 



Climacteris scandens, Temm. 



Climacteris scandens, TMen. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. xvii. fig. 13 

 (1845-54) ; Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 598 (1865) ; Gadow, 

 Cat, Birds B. M. viii. p. 337 (1883); North, Nests Sf Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, p. 237, pi. xii. fig. 7 (1889) j Campbell, Nests <Sr Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, i. p. 334, pi. 13 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-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 pale pinkish buff, profusely mottled and 

 blotched with rich purplish red and lavender. They measure from 

 87 to -92 in length, and from '67 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.]. 



