666 
Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on a 
Zool. pi. vii. (1896)] is somewhat misleading, as the wide 
pale huff band through the wing is not indicated and the 
hack is represented as being olive instead of greyish-brown. 
Neositta pileata (Gould). 
Neositta pileata Hellmayr, Tierreich, Sittidse, p. 197 
(1903) ; Math. p. 88. 
a-e. $ $ . King River, 12th Dec -10th Jan. 
/. $ . Big Grove, 29th April. 
g. $. Crookerdine Lake, 18th July. 
h. $ . Parker's Range, 10th Aug. 
i. $ . Kurrawang, 8th Sept. 
Iris reddish-buff; eyelids yellow ; bill cinnamon-brown, 
with the basal half yellow ; legs yellow, claws brown. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 4’75-5‘0 inches. 
[The Black-capped Bark-pecker was plentiful in the south¬ 
west and ranged as far inland as Kalgoorlie, and as far north 
as the Gascoyne River, where, however, it became less 
plentiful. It differs from Climacteris in being gregarious, 
and resembles a Nuthatch rather than a Woodpecker in 
its habits.— G. C. £.] 
Neositta tenuirostris (Gould). 
Neositta tenuirostris Math. p. 88. 
a. $. Hawksnest, 6th Nov. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 4*4 inches. 
The type of this species appears to be quite a young bird 
with a brownish head. It has a very long and very slender 
bill with the terminal portion maroon-red. An adult male, 
procured at Hawksnest, Laverton, appears to belong to this 
slender-billed form, being very similar to the type, but with 
the crown black, and a narrow band across the forehead, as 
well as the sides of the face, white. 
Sphenostoma cristatum Gould. 
Sphenostoma cristatum Math. p. 87. 
a-d. S ? . Carnarvon, 19th July-25th Aug. 
e-k. <£ ? tt $ imm. Clifton Dowms, 9th-16th Oct. 
Iris hazel; bill black ; legs slaty. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 8*0-8 5 inches. 
