siiiA. 321 



Sitta neumajreri, Sharpe ^ Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 183 (1872) ; Gadow, 

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

 (1903). V / . /- . 



The eggs of tlie Western Eock-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 irji 

 breadth. 



South Europe. 



Macedonia, 9th April {T. Kriiper). 



Delphi, Greece, 5th May (If. 



Seebohm ^ T. Kriiper). 

 Parnassus, Greece, 12th 



(&^X)._ 

 Smyrna, April [T. Kriiper). 

 Smyrna, 5th April {T. K.). 

 Smvma, 11th April (T. K.). 

 Smyrna, 12th April (T. K.) 

 Smyrna, 13th April (T. K.) 

 Smyrna, 14th April (t. K.). 

 Smyrna, 26th April [T. K.) 

 Smyrna, 8th May (T. K.). 

 Smyrna, 9th May (7*. K). 

 Smyrna, June ( T. K.). 

 Taurus, Asia Minor, 24th 



(C. G. Danford). 



Thienemann Coll. 

 Seebohm OoU. 

 Seebohm Ooll. 



May Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Ooll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Ooll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Ooll. 

 Seebohm ColJ. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Ooll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



April 



Sitta tephronota, Sharpe. 



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



Sitta syriaca (neo Michah), Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 346 (1883). 



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



ed. Hume, Nests 8c Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 195 (1889) ; Sharpe, 



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



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

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

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



Chaman, 

 {H.E. 

 Chaman, 

 Chaman, 

 Chaman, 

 Chaman, 

 Chamiin, 

 Chaman, 

 Chaman, 

 VOL. IV. 



Afghanistan, 8th April Hume CoU. 

 Barnes). 



10th April (H. E. B.). Hume Coll. 



IMh A^ril (H. E. B.). Hume CoU. 



15th April (H. E. B.). Hume Coll. 



18th April (H. E. B.). Hume Coll. 



20th April {H. E. B.). Hume Ooll. 



28th April (H. E. B.). Hume Ooll. 



1st May (7f. E. B.). Hume Coll. 



