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so resemble the sides of the forked branch bet-ween which it is 

 placed, as to be most difficult of detection ; the interior is usually 

 lined with ' mousfe-eared ' lichen, and the colour of the eggs closely 

 resembles that of the lichen itself. The eggs are three, seldom 

 four in number, of a delicate greenish-white, with dots and 

 confluent irregular markings of slaty-lilac, and slate-black, the 

 lilac freckles appearing beneath the shell, in some forming a zone 

 of larger spots near the thicker end, in others the spots are nearly 

 evenly dispersed over the whole surface. Length (A) 0-63 x 0-55 

 inch; (B) 0-68 x 0-55 inch; (C) 0-66 x 0-53 inch; (D) 0-62 x 0-52 

 inch." (Ramsay, P.L.S., Hf.S.W., Vol. i., 2nd Series, p. 1149.) 

 Sab. New South Wales, Interior. {Ramsay.) 



SITTELLA LEUCOCEPHALA, Gould. 

 WMte-lieacled Sittella. 

 Gould, Handhh. Bds. Amt., Vol. i., sp. 374, p. 610. » 



This bird is found in New South Wales and Queensland. The 

 nest is similar to that of other members of the genus. Two eggs 

 taken by Mr. George Bernard of Coomooboolaroo, Duaringa, 

 Queensland, during 1885, are of a delicate greyish-green ground 

 colour, minutely freckled and spotted all over with slaty-grey and 

 slaty-black markings, a few of a lighter tint appearing as if 

 beneath the surface of the shell ; one specimen A, has a- large 

 coalesced slaty-grey patch on the larger end. Length (A) 0'63 x 

 0-51 inch ; (B) 0:65 x 0-5 inch. 



Hob. Wide Bay District, Dawson River, New South Wales, 

 Interior. (Ramsay.) 



3 SITTELLA PILEATA, Gould. 



Black- capped Sittella. 

 Oould, Handhh. Bds. Amt.,Yo\. i., sp. 376, p. 612. 



" For the nest and eggs of this species, together with the bird 

 shot therefrom, I am indebted to Mr. James HiU, of Kewell, 



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