2. SALPOKNIS. 329 



Culmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 



in. in. in. in. 



1003 2-5 3-0 0-GG 



Darjiling \ 00(3 2-65 3-05 0-7 



(0-7 2-75 3-0 0-73 



Darjiling (Blyth) 071 264 3-15 070 



Sikhiui {Scully) 066 2-65 3-0 0-05 



Immature 0-60 2-60 3-0 0-75 



NagtliuU ( C. stoliczkce) 



(Svully) 0-48 2-41 .. 0-03 



Ladakli (C. stoliczkce) 



(Mus. Tristram) 0-56 2-70 3-0 0-75 



ITab. Himalayas from Bootau to Nepal, extendiug into Cashmere 

 and Ladakh. 



a. Ad. sk. Darjiling. India Museum. 



h. Ad. sk. Darjiling. Gould Collection. 



c, d. Ad. sk. Nepal. Gould Collection. 



e-y. Ad. sk. Sikkim. B. 11. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



h-l. Ad. sk. Sikliim {Hodgson). India Museum. 



m. Imuiat. sk. Sikhim [Hodyson). India Museum. 



M. Ad. sk. Bootau {Pemberton). India Museum. 



4. Certhia nipalensis. 



Certhia nipalensis, Ilodys. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus., Passeres, nos. 289, 

 598 (1825); Blyfh, J. A. S. B. 1845, p. 581, 1847, p. 864; id. 

 Ann. 8f Mag. Nat. Hist. 1847, p. 317 ; Gould, B. Asia, ii. pi. 16 

 (upper figure) ; Jerdon, B. Ind. i. p. 381 ; Hume, 6'tr. F. 1877, 

 pp. 74, 78. 



Certhia mandellii. Brooks, J. A. S. B. 1873, p. 256. 



Central pair of tail-feathers much elongated and longer than the 

 •wing ; the whole tail without any bars ; bill straighter and shorter 

 than in 0. discolor ; four unspotted primaries ; iu the coloration of 

 the underparts much resembling C. discolor, but the throat is white, 

 the breast creamy or pale ochraceous, and the flanks aud under tail- 

 coverts are deep rufous ferruginous like the rump. Culmen 0*53- 

 0-60 inch, wing 2-60-2-85, tail 2-9-3-1, tarsus 0-G5-0-85. 



Hub. Himalayas, from Nepal to Bootan and Assam. 



a. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



(Type of species.) 

 b-c. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



d, e. Ad. sk. Nepal. Goidd Collection. 

 /. Ad. sk. Nepal {Hodgson). India Museum. 



^. Ad. sk. Daijiliug. Major C. H.T. Marshall [P.]. 



h. Juv. sk. Sikliim. E. W. Gates, Esq. 



i. 2 ad. sk. Bootan {Pemherton). India Museum. 



2. SALPORNIS. 



Type. 



Salpomis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 7 ; id. Gen. B. i. 



p. 144 S. spilonotus. 



IIylypsi)rnis, Boc. Jorn. Acad. Lisb. 1878, p. 211. . . . S. salvadorii. 



BiU much longer than rest of the head, slender, considerably 



