CONTEUiUTIüNS TO TlIK OllXlS OF 8AG1IALIX. 19 



Prolussor Ijima's expedition ctijllected two sets of o eL:;gs 

 each at Tretiya Padj on the 5th of July. According- to hnu, 

 the bird is " common along the sea-shore ; often found together 

 with, but less numerous them, Budyies ßavus iaivanus.^' 



17. Sitta europwa uvalensis (Gloger). 



Mouth of Susuya Eiver : 1^/^,1$, May 14; 2(^1$, May 



1Ö; Id", May 18; Ic/', May 19. 

 Tretiya Padj : Icj^, Jnne 9. 

 Cliipesani : Ic/', Sept. 1; 1? and 1 unsexed specimen, Oct. 



8; Id", Oct. 13. 



The Saghalin Nuthatch is most closely related to S'Ula 

 europœa uralensls and may be regarded as a slight modißcation 

 of the same. The difference is that the Saghalin bird as a 

 rule has no white edges to wing-coverts. In the series before 

 me only two specimens (one obtained in May and another in 

 Sept.) show slight traces of whitish edges to the greater wing- 

 coverts. The length of wing varies between 73 mm. and 77.5 mm., 

 75 mm. being the usual length. This measurement is decidedly 

 less than that recorded by Haktert,^^ viz., 80-84 mm. Put, on 

 the other hand, Hellmayr'-^ indicates the same measurement to 

 be " 73-83 mm." A white or whitish margin to forehead is 

 present in all the specimens. 



According to Prof. Ijdia's notes, the bird should be conunon 

 in the conifer woods. 



1) Vögel iml. Fauna. Hft. Ill, p. 330. Berlin, J005. 



2) Das Tierreich, Lief. 18. Aves: Paridœ, Sittidfe u. Certliiidie. Berlin, 1903. 



