oS Dr. E. Htirtcrt — Conimoji-snifse JVoles on 



large bars and stripe.«, so that tlie Waekish niarkings decidedly 

 ^ predoniinate over the bnff gTound-colonr. The black bars on 

 the belly are also coiisiderablv broader than in the other two 

 speciniens. The iipper surface is niuch alike in the three 

 females before me, being bhick and crossed all over by fine 

 bnff verniicnlations except the clongated crest-feathers, which 

 are nniform black. In the nmles the rufons cross-bars on the 

 Upper sm-face are mach lu'oader and more distinct. 



The following are the only known localities from which 

 Zebrilus pumilus has been recorded : — 



Cayenne (Bußon). Surinam: Rijweg, near Paramaribo 

 {Chunkoo coli.). British Guiana {E. Im- Timm). N.E. Peru : 

 Shanusi, near Ynrimagiias'^ (G^. Garlepp coli.). W. Brazil : 

 Matto Grosso ; Caigara, on the Upper Paraguay ; Engenho 

 do Gania, on the Rio Guapore {Natterer coli.). 

 Typical locality : Cayenne (ex Bvffvn). 



III.— SOME rOMMON-SENSE NOTES ON (1REEPERS, 

 TITMICE, AND REED-WARBLERS. 



By Ernst Hartert. 



Having just finished the revievv of the Certlinda' and Paridce 

 £or my book * Die Vögel der paläarktischen Fauna/ I believe 

 that a few short reuiarks may interest the readers of the 

 ' Ornis.' 



Among the Certhiidce it did not surprise me to find how 

 comparatively easy it became — after a little study and time spent 

 with the Creepers — to distinguish the two European species, 

 Certhia familiaris and Certhia hracJii/dacti/la, as I knew the 

 differences already £rom former acquaintance with this group ; 

 but I came to the conclusion that not only the Creepers from 

 N.W. Africa, Spain, Southern Italy, and Asia Minor, but also 

 the North-American forms belong to the bmchydactyla-groun, 

 and not to familiaris. It is amusing to find notes by observant 

 British travellers to the eftect, that the call-notes and song of 



* BLTlepscb, Jüuiu. f. OiiiUb. lÖeO; p. 318. 



