122 JOURNAL, BOMBA Y NA TDRAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Voi.. XIX 



SITTIDiE. 



(316) SiTTA ciNNAMOMEiVENTRis, Blyth.— (The Cinnamon bellied 



Nuthatch). 

 Recorded by Gates, Fauna Brilish India. 



~ (318) SiTTA NAG.KNSis, Godw-Aust.— (Austen's Nuthatch.) 

 Kacliln Tzame.— Pun-che lip. 



Plentiful in the hills. I failed, however, to find its nest ; but a Kachin at 

 Watan on the 10th April brought me four fiesh eggs and the paient bird, which 

 he said he had cut out of the hole of a tree. In the beginning of June 1905, I 

 found a bird building, but had no opportunity of again visiting the hills. 



^iJOS. — Of the regular family type, white, profusely spotted with red. 

 Measuring '77 x '58. 



(325) SiTTA FRONTALIS, Horst.— (The Velvet-fronted Blue Nuthatch.) 

 Recorded by Col. Rippon. 

 I saw it in the lower valleys. 



DICRURID.E. 



(327) DiCRDRDS ATER, (Herm.)— (The Black Drongo.) 

 Common in the plains. 



(333) DiCRORUP CINERACEDS, (Horsf).— (The Grey Drongo.) 

 Recorded by Col. Rippon. 



(335) Chibia hottentotta, (Linn.)— (The Hairy-crested Drongo. 

 Found in the plains. Have not seen it in the hills. 



(339) Bhringa remiper, (Temm.)— (Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo.) 

 Does not ascend above about 4,000 feet, and prefers high tree jungle, 



(340) DissEMURUS PARADiSEUS, (Linn.)— (Larger Racket-tailed 



Drongo.) 

 Found in the big tree jungle in the plains. 



CERTHIID^. 



(354) Urocichla longicaudata, (Moore). — (Long-tailed Wren.) 



Recorded by Col. Rippon. 



*~ (355c.) Urocichla kauriensis. Harington. 



Ann. and Mag. of N. History, Sept. 1908. 



AtiuU-iiiale. -yery like ?7. r(»j9<a^a (Bingham), but the chest and sides of the 

 breast are of a more rufous-brown, and the middle of breast and belly is 

 distinctly spotted with white. 



Total length about 3-7 ; culmen 5 ; wing 1'8 ; tail 1-2 : tarsus 0-75. 



Iris dark red ; bill dark horn-colour ; legs light brown. 



A dull- female. — Similar to the male, but with the wings less rufous and of a 

 more olive-brown. 



Bab. — Watan, Bhamo District, Upper Burma. 



The abovementioned specimens were a pair and were shot whilst building 

 their nest. 



