Himalayan and Kashmiri Birds 



brown instead of white and there are no black 

 cross-bars on the tail. 



An eastern race of the Himalayan tree- 

 creeper. Common at Darjeeling. 



Wrens 



Wrens are mottled-brown, short-tailed mid- 

 gets which creep about in brushwood. 



47. Anorthura neglecta : The Kashmir Wren. 

 F. 352, (Not recorded by Jerdon.) —I. K. 

 W. 



Less than 4 inches long. Plumage reddish- 

 brown ; the lower back, wings and short tail 

 being closely cross-barred with black. 



Common at Gulmarg and Dharmsala. At 

 Simla and other stations it lives at high eleva- 

 tions in summer. 



48. Pncefyga squamata : The Scaly-breasted 

 Wren. F. 356, J. 329, —I. E. W. 



Upper plumage rich brown, dotted with 

 buff. Lower plumage in cock white, dotted 

 and scaled with black ; in hen ruddy, dotted 

 and scaled with black. 



The tail of this tiny bird is so short as to 

 be almost invisible. 



In the western hill stations it is seen only 

 in winter. At DarjeeHng it occurs in summer. 



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