o50 CEETHUDJB. 



Intermediate between S. ccesia and S. himalayensis, having the 

 richly ochraceous or ferruginous-coloured undcrparts of the latter 

 (no chestnut patch to the flanks) and the tail with the under tail- 

 coverts of S. ccesia. Lores, supercilium, cheeks, chin, and base of 

 primaries white. 



Culmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 



in. in. in. in. 



d adult . . . „ 0'73 3-1 1-6 0-71 



2 adult 0-73 2-95 1-55 0'70 



Hab. Burmah, from the Karen hills to Tenasserim. 



a. Ad. sk. Prome, August 26, 1873. E. W. Gates, Esq. [0.]. 



9. Sitta krueperi. 



Sitta krueperi, von Pelzeln, Sitz. kais. Ak. Wiss. Wien, xlviii. Abth. i. 

 p. 149 (1863); id. J. f. O. 1866, p. 49; Sclat. Ibis, 1865, p. 310, 

 pi. vii. ; Tristram, Ibis, 1866, p. 285 ; Hei/, Si/7i. europ. Brutvog. 

 1872, p. 30 ; Dresser, B. Eur. iii. p. 189, pi, 121 ; Kriiper, J. f. O. 

 1875, p. 273 ; Danford, Ibis, 1878, p. 10 ; Schaloiu, J. f. 0. 1880, 

 p. 272. 



Adult male. General colour above rich slaty blue ; forehead jet- 

 black ; a few feathers at the base of the biU and a conspicuous 

 superciliary stripe white ; a blackish stripe running from the uostrUs 

 through the eye ; sides of head, chin, and throat white ; on the fore 

 neck and upper breast a largo patch of chestnut-red ; all the rest of 

 the underparts pale slaty grey ; thighs and under tail-coverts chest- 

 nut-colour, with large white tips ; quills brown ; central pair of tail- 

 feathers like the back, rest black, with grey tips and white subter- 

 miual spots ; bUl dark horny colour, paler at base ; legs slaty grey ; 

 iris brown. Total length about 4-5 inches, culmen 0"75, wing 2-9, 

 tail 0-7, tarsus 0-65. 



Adult female. Forehead blackish, the feathers tipped with greyish 

 bliie ; the chestnut colour on the fore neck paler ; ail the rest of the 

 underparts with a dull fulvous tinge, especially on the abdomen. 



In the yoang bird the black stripe through the eye is greyish and 

 scarcely visible. 



Hab. Asia Minor and Syria. 



a. S ad. sk. Tamaular Dagh, Asia Minor, Nov. F. D. Godman and 0. 



25, 1875 (C. G. Danford). Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



b. S ad. sk. Tamaular Dagb, Nov. 25, 1875 H. Seebohm, Esq. 



(G G. Dcmford). [P.]. 



c. 2 ad. sk. Taurus, Dec. l2, 1875 (C. G.Dan- F. D. Godman and 0. 



ford). Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



d. 9. ad. sk. Taurus, Jan. 6, 1876 (C. G. Dan- H. Seebohm, Esq. 



ford). [P.]. 



e. $ ad. sk. Lycia, March 23, 1874. H. J. Elwes,Esq. [P.]. 



