324 SITTIDJS. CEETHIIDJE. 



Genus NEOSITTA, Ilellmayr. 

 Neositta chrysoptera {Lath.). 



Sittella cBvysoptera, Govld, Handb. Birds Audr. i. p. 609 (1865) ; Gadow, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 360 (1883) ; North, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, p. 240 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 75 (1899) ; 

 CampbeU, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Bird^, i. p. 237, pi. IS (1901). 



Neositta chrysoptera, Sharpe, ffand-l. iv. p. 351 (1903). 



The eggs of the Orange-winged Creeper are of an ordinary oval 

 form and slightly glossy. They are bluish- white, profusely marked 

 with spots and small blotches of dark slaty-brown and pale slaty- 

 grey. Three examples measure respectively : "68 by 51 ; 'BS by 

 •51 ; -66 by -51. 



3. New South Wales, Dec. Gould Cull. 



(E. P. Bamsay). 



Neositta pileata {Gould). 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 17.) 



SitteUa pileata, Gould, Handh. Birds Austr. i. p. 612 (1805); Gadow, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 362 (1883) ; North, Proc. Linn. Sue. 

 N.S.W. 2nd ser. ii. p. 409 (1887); id. Nests if Eggs Austr. Birds, 

 p. 242 (1889) ; CampbeU, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 340 

 (1901). 



Neositta pileata, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 352 (1903). 



The eggs of the Black-capped Creeper resemble those of 

 N. chrysoptera, but are rather larger and more coarsely blotched. 

 They measure from -68 to -71 in length, and from "52 to '55 in 

 breadth. 



5. South Australia. Gtiuld Coll. 



Family CERTHTID^. 



Genus CERTHIA, Linn. 

 Certhia familiaris, Linn. 



Ceithia familiaris, Thien. Fortpflam. ges. Vog. tab. xvii. fig. 10, a-c 

 (1846-54); Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 43. fig. 2 (1855-63) 

 Hevntnon, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 243, pi. Ixii. fig. ii (1856) 

 Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 208 : Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 195 (1874) 

 Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 323 (1883) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, 

 i. p. 512, pi. 11 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 217, pi. 54. fig. 5 

 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 353 (1903). 



Certhia brachydactyla'j Baedeker, torn. cit. tab. 43. fig. 3. 



Certhia costas, Baedeker, torn. cit. tab. 43. fig. 4. 



The eggs of the Common Creeper are of a pointed oval shape and 

 slightly glossy. They are white or pale cream-colour, speckled and 

 spotted with rusty reddish brown and underlying lavender. In 



