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Family SITTID^. 



Genus SITTA, Linn. 



Sitta caesia, Meyer ^ Wolf. 



Sitta europea, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. XTii. fig. 16, a, h (1845- 

 54) ; Ilewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 247, pi. Ixii. flg;. iv (1856). 



Sitta osesia, Baedeker, Eier Eiir. Vog. tab. 43. flg. 6 (1855-63) ; Dresser, 

 Birds Eur. iii. p. 175 (1873) ; Oadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 347 

 (1883) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 523, pi. 12 (1883) ; id. Eggs of 

 Brit. Birds, p. 219, pi. 54. figs. 7 & 8 (1896) ; Skarpe, Hand-l. iv. 

 p. 347 (1903). 



The eggs of the Common Nuthatch are mostly of a narrow and 

 pointed oval shape, and slightly glossy. They are white, marked 

 with reddish brown and lilac or lavender. On many specimens the 

 markings consist chiefly of small blotches, either evenly distributed 

 over the entire shell, or forming a cap at the broader end. Some 

 examples are evenly speckled all over, and others are unmarked, 

 except at the broad end, where a small and well-defined cap of 

 two or three shades of red mixed up together is formed. Examples 

 measure from -68 to -83 in length, and from -5 to -6 in breadth. 



6. Sparham, Norfolk, 24th April Seebohm Coll. 



{F. Nor gate). 



,6. Sparham, 30th May (-F. iV^.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Middlesex. Salvin-Qodman Coll. 



4. Epping Forest (O. (Safom). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Fmchley (O. &). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Hampstead (0. jS.), Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Devonshire. Montag'u Museum. 



6. Elbeuf, France (Nowy : Sargitt Seebohm Coll. 



Coll.'). 



3. Vosges Mts., France (J/'oMjffi/.- ^ar- Seebohm Coll. 



gitt Coll.). 



4. Yos^esKts. (Mougel.- Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Copenhagen, 24th April. Seebohm Coll. 



7. Pomerania, 27th April (T. Sol- Seebohm Coll. 



7. Pomerania, 7th May (T. H.). Seebohm Coll. 



8. Pomerania, 18th May (T. H.). Seebohm Coll. 

 8. Pomerania, 20th May [T. H.). Seebohm Coll. 

 3. S.W. Russia, 11th April {Goebel). Seebohm Coll. 



Sitta neumayeri, Michah. 



Sitta syriaca, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. xvii. fig. 15, a, b (1845- 

 54) ; Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 43. fig. 8 (1856-63) ; Bree, 

 Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iii. p. 52, pi. (1875); Banford, Ibis, 1878, 

 p. 10. 



