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SITTA MAGNA Wardlaw-Ramsey 



Sitta magna Wardlaw-Ramsey, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1876, p. 677 (Karennee). 



One male, Doi Angka, 4,000 feet, December 3, 1928; one male and 

 one female, Doi Nangka, November 17, 1930. 



De Schaiiensee^^ found this large nuthatch rather common on Doi 

 Sutep, 4,500 feet, where it has since been noted by several recent 

 observers. On his third expedition De Schauensee*^ also secured 

 specimens at Chiengdao, 4,500-5,000 feet. 



It ranges from the mountains of central Burma to Yunnan and 

 northern Siam, at about 4,000 feet or higher. 



Family CERTHIIDAE: Creepers 



CERTHIA DISCOLOR SHANENSIS Baker 



Certhia dincolor shanensis Baker, The fauna of British India, Birds, ed. 2, vol. 7, 

 p. 90, 1930 (new name for C. d. fuliginosa Baker, ibid., vol. 1, p. 438, 1922, 

 not C. fuliginosa Bechstein, 1811; Loi-pang Nan, Mekong). 



Two males, Doi Angka, 5,000-8,000 feet, December 6 and 7, 1928; 

 one immature male, Pang Meton (Doi Nangka), May 4, 1931. 



No specimens of C. d. shanensis from Burma have been available 

 for comparison. I have had only one specimen of C. d. discolor from 

 Nepal and three specimens of C. d. meridionalis from southern Annam; 

 shanensis is less rusty than the latter, with more black on the head 

 and back, and below it is lighter, especially on the breast. 



The immature from Pang Meton is about full grown. It differs 

 from the adult in being rustier above, with the black markings re- 

 duced and the lighter shaft streaks much reduced, almost absent; the 

 throat and chest are huffy brown with slight dusky markings, the 

 throat with honey-yellow streaks; the belly a light Isabella color; the 

 sanford brown of the rump less in extent than in the adult; under tail 

 coverts, tail, and wings similar to the adult, but the light exposed 

 markings of the latter more rufous. 



The two adult males measure: Wing, 69-70.5; tail, 75.5-79; culmen, 

 16-17.5 mm. 



The range of the form extends from the Shan States to Karenni in 

 Burma, northern Siam, and the northwest of Tonkin. 



De Schauensee ^^ recorded it from Doi Sutep, 4,500-5,500 feet, as 

 C. d. manipurensis, followed by Deignan^^; Chascn and Kloss™ have 

 recorded it as shanensis from the same mountain; followed by de 

 Schauensee.®^ 



" Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 81, p. 530, 1929. 

 " Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 86, p. 182. 1934. 

 i« Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 81. p. 541, 1930. 

 i» Journ. Si'iiu Soc. Nat. His!.. Suppl., vol. 8, p. 141, 1931. 

 «« Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 8, p. 247, 1932. 

 « Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 86, p. 207, 1934. 



