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  Mr. 
  John 
  Whitehead 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  and 
  restless 
  ; 
  when 
  feeding 
  it 
  does 
  so 
  after 
  the 
  manner 
  of 
  

   a 
  Tree-creeper, 
  searching 
  the 
  bark 
  for 
  insects, 
  climbing 
  

   upwards 
  around 
  the 
  trunk 
  and 
  swinging 
  under 
  branches, 
  

   until, 
  having 
  passed 
  the 
  undergrowth, 
  it 
  darts 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  

   another 
  tree. 
  

  

  [The 
  two 
  specimens 
  sent 
  (178 
  6 
  and 
  182 
  9 
  ) 
  are 
  both 
  

   young 
  birds, 
  and 
  show 
  no 
  traces 
  of 
  the 
  fulvous 
  throat-spot 
  

   which 
  distinguishes 
  the 
  adult. 
  — 
  P. 
  L. 
  S.] 
  

  

  14. 
  Synallaxis, 
  sp. 
  iuc. 
  

  

  [Tlie 
  specimen 
  sent 
  (176 
  S) 
  is 
  quite 
  a 
  young 
  bird 
  in 
  

   immature 
  dress, 
  probably 
  referable 
  to 
  S. 
  albescens 
  (Arg. 
  Orn. 
  

   i. 
  p. 
  179).— 
  P.l!s.] 
  

  

  — 
  15. 
  Falco 
  rusco-CERULEscENs 
  (Arg. 
  Orn, 
  ii. 
  p. 
  69). 
  

  

  Fairly 
  common 
  from 
  March 
  to 
  August. 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  

   consider 
  " 
  Tinnunculus 
  cinnamominus 
  " 
  its 
  special 
  enemy. 
  I 
  

   have 
  often 
  seen 
  the 
  latter 
  chased 
  away 
  from 
  the 
  roostiug- 
  

   place 
  of 
  the 
  former 
  when 
  it 
  had 
  ventured 
  too 
  near. 
  The 
  

   chase 
  is 
  very 
  spirited, 
  the 
  smaller 
  hawk, 
  by 
  its 
  abrupt 
  turns, 
  

   easily 
  bafSing 
  its 
  pursuer. 
  

  

  [The 
  skin 
  sent 
  (162 
  d) 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  male 
  in 
  full 
  plumage. 
  

   " 
  Iris 
  black."— 
  P. 
  L.S.] 
  

  

  XLV. 
  — 
  A 
  Review 
  of 
  the 
  Species 
  of 
  the 
  Family 
  Pittidaj. 
  

   By 
  John 
  Whitehead. 
  

  

  The 
  objects 
  of 
  this 
  paper 
  are 
  : 
  to 
  bring 
  up 
  to 
  date 
  our 
  

   knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  Pittidce, 
  to 
  correct 
  a 
  few 
  errors 
  in 
  previous 
  

   descriptions 
  of 
  the 
  colours 
  of 
  the 
  soft 
  parts, 
  to 
  propose 
  to 
  

   unite 
  certain 
  species 
  which 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  regard 
  as 
  distinct, 
  to 
  

   separate 
  others 
  which 
  appear 
  to 
  me 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  wrongly 
  

   united, 
  and 
  to 
  suggest 
  a 
  more 
  natural 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  

   members 
  of 
  the 
  family. 
  

  

  The 
  colouring 
  of 
  the 
  soft 
  parts 
  of 
  these 
  birds, 
  Avhen 
  recorded, 
  

   appears 
  to 
  have 
  frequently 
  been 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  dried 
  skins. 
  

   For 
  example, 
  the 
  feet 
  of 
  Eucichla 
  boschi 
  are 
  variously 
  described 
  

   as 
  "brown'' 
  (Sclater, 
  Cat. 
  Birds 
  B. 
  M. 
  xiv. 
  p. 
  447), 
  ^'oHve- 
  

   brown" 
  (Wallace, 
  Ibis, 
  1804, 
  p. 
  105), 
  and 
  ''dirty 
  blue 
  in 
  front, 
  

  

  