352 CERTHHD^. 



hid. i. p. 387; Sclat. Ibis, 1865, p. 310 ; Beavan, Ibis, 1869, p. 425 ; 



Dresser, B. Eur. iii. p. 176, note; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 263. 

 Sitta uipalensis, Bp. C. A. i. p. 227. 

 Sitta ciauamonieiveutris, Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 366 ; Jerd. Ibis, 1872, 



p. 21. 



The follovring references belong to specimens from Kashmere and 

 Afghanistan. I am imable to separate them from S. cinnamomeoventer 

 after an examination of a large series of the latter : — 



Sitta cashmirensis, Brooks, Pr. A. S. B. 1871, p. 209; id. Journ. 



A. S. B. 1872, ii. p. 75 ; W. Bamsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 51. 

 Sitta cinnamomeiventris, W. Ramsay, Ibis, 1879, p. 447. 



Adult male. The uuder tail-coverts are grey at their base, and are 

 broadly edged with cinnamon-brown, each feather with a consiji- 

 cuous white subterminal spot ; tail-feathers deep black, tipped with 

 grey and with conspicuous white subterminal patches, central pair 

 like the back ; cheeks, part of the loral region, and the chin white ; 

 entire throat cinnamon-brown ; all the other parts are coloured like 

 in S. castaneov enter. Culmeu 0-8-0'9 inch, wing 1-3-3-3, tail 1-7- 

 1-8, tarsus 1-72. Female slightly smaller in dimensions. 



The female has aU the underparts vinous brown or fawn-colour ; 

 sides of head and throat whitish. 



Obs. Yery old males have the outer web and extreme tip of the 

 primary quills and tail-feathers slightly marked with whitish. 



Hah. Himalayas and Eurmese countries. 



a. [ cJ] ad. sk. N.W. India. Capt. Boys [C.]. 



he. [ cJ $ ] ad. sk. N.W. Himalayas. Capt. Stackhouse Piuwill 



d. Ad. sk. N.W. Himalayas. Purchased. 



e,f. S 2 ad. St. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



g, h. c? ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



i,k,l. S 2ad.sk. '^e^&l {Hodgson). India Museum [P.]. 



m. (S ad. sk. Darjeehng. Gould Collection. 



n, 0. (S $ ad. sk. Bootan (Pemberton). India Museum [P.]. 



p. c? ad. sk. Bhamo, Northern Bur- E. W. Gates, Esq. [P.]. 



mah, November 1880. 



q. Ad. sk. Tonghoo. E. W. Gates, Esq. [P.]. 



12. Sitta leucopsis. 



Sitta leucopsis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1849, p. 113 ; id. B. Asia, i. pi. 10 ; Bp. 



C. A. i. p. 227 ; lieichenb. Handb. p. 152, pi. 513. figs. 3559, 3560 ; 



Horsf. i^' Moore, Cat. p. 721 ; Jerdon, B. Ind. i. p. 385 ; Sclat. Ibis, 



1869, p. 310; Beavan, Ibis, 1869, p. 424; Jerdon, Ibis, 1872, p. 20; 



Ehves, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 655 ; Dresser, B. Eur. iii. p. 176, note ; 



Scidly, Ibis, 1881, p. 655. 

 Sitta castanilia, Bp. in lilt, (teste Gray). 



General colour above dark slaty blue ; crown of head and part of 

 the sides of the neck glossy black ; quills brown ; central pair of 



