328 



CERXnilD^. 



/. d ad. sk. 



r/. 2 ad. sk. 



h. c? ad. sk. 



/. k. cS 2 juv. sk 



/. Inimat. sk. 

 ■in. Ad. sk. 

 n. xVd. in .spirit, 

 o. Ad. sk. 

 ;;. Ad. sk. 

 y. 5 ad. sk. 

 r. Immat. sk. 



(iilgit, 5000 feet, March 3, 



1879. 

 Gilg-it, 5000 feet, Oct. 15, 



1880. 

 Chitral, 6000 feet, Nov. 10, 



1878. 

 Hunza, 5000 feet, Aug. 21, 



187G. 

 Cashmere. 



Cashmere {Dr. Bdlew). 

 Kashmere. 

 Peshawur. 

 Simla. 



Simla, 8000 feet, Sept. 1875. 

 N.W. Himalaya. 



s,t,ii. cjjad. sk. N.W. Himalaya. 



V. 2 ad. sk. 

 w. S ad. st. 



X. Immat. sk. 



?/. Ad. sk. 



z, a'. Ad. sk. 



Dehra, Feb. 12, 1870 {Kinfi). 



Nepal. 



Nepal. 



Major Biddulph [C.]. 

 Major Biddulph [C.]. 

 Major Biddulph [C.]. 

 Major Biddulph [C.]. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



India Museum. 



Schlagintweit [C.]. 



Col. Way [P.]. 



E. W. Gates, Esq. 



Major Biddulph [C.]. 



Capt. Stackhouse Pin- 

 Avill [P.]. 



Capt. Stackhouse Pin- 

 will [P.]. 



Dr. Scully [P.]. 



B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 

 [P.]. 



B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 

 [P.]. 



Gould Collection. 



. North-western Race (C. tseniura). 

 Samarkand. H. Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Certhia discolor. 



Certhia discolor, Bhjt.h, J.A.8.B. 1845, p. 580, 1847, p. 864; id. 



Ann. Sr Ilaff. N. H. 1847, p. 317 ; Jerdon, B. Ind. i. p. 381. 

 Certhia nipalensis, Hodgs., var. ?, apud Gould, B. As. ii. pi. 16 (lower 



figm-e), July 1850 {teste Hume). 

 Certhia nipalensis, Hodgs., vera, apud Brooks, J. A. S. B. 1873, 



p. 255 {teste Hume). 

 Certhia stoliczkse, Brooks, J. A. S. B. 1873, p. 256; Hume, Str. F. 

 1877, p. 78. 

 The tail of this species is decidedly longer than the wing 

 becaiise the tips of the central pair of tail-feathers (if not abraded) 

 extend beyoucl the rest ; general colour of the upper parts darker 

 and browner than in 0. familiaris; the rump, upper tail-coverts, 

 and the tail are rufous ferruginous ; the tail without bars ; chin, 

 throat, and breast dull buff; rest of nnderparts suffused with 

 yellowish ochraceous ; flanks scarcely darker ; under tail-coverts 

 rusty ochraceous ; the first four primaries without spots. Wing 

 about 2-65 inches, tail 3. 



Young birds have the nnderparts washed with brownish and 

 yellowish ; the dull buff-colour being not yet developed, biit with 

 numerous faint darkish bars. 



Ohs. C. stoliczkce is, I think, the young of C. discolor ; its imma- 

 turity being indicated by the shortness and straightuess of the bill 

 and by the coloration of the underparts, which perfectly agrees with 

 that of the young of C. discolor. 



