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so resemble the sides of the forked branch between which it is 
placed, as to be most difficult of detection ; the interior is usually 
lined with 1 mouse-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) 063 x O'55 
inch ; (B) 0'68 x 0'55 incli; (C) 0'66 x 0'53 inch ; (D) 0'62 x 0'52 
inch.” ( Ramsay, P.L.S., N'.S.W., Vol. i., 2nd Series, p. 1149.) 
ITab. New South Wales, Interior. (Ramsay.) 
SITTELLA LEUCOCEPHALA, Gould. 
White-headed Sittella. 
Gould, JTandbk. Bds. Aust., 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 Barnard of Ooomooboolaroo, 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. 
I lab. Wide Bay District, Dawson River, New South Wales, 
Interior. (Ramsay.) 
SITTELLA PILEATA, Gould. 
Black-capped Sittella. 
Gould, Tlandbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. 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 Hill, of Kewell, 
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