20 Dr. T. C. Jerdon's Supplementary Notea 



inches, wing 2f, extent 8, tail 2|, tarsus -^, foot 1|. Bill 

 dusky above, fleshy below; legs livid brown. 



245. Certhia discolor. 



There is a pale wing-bar on all the primaries (except the first 

 three) and on the secondaries, and a pale spot near the tip as 

 well. The colouring of the lower parts is conspicuously paler 

 posteriorly ; and the shafts of the tail-feathers are brighter 

 ferruginous. Bill dusky above, fleshy beneath ; legs fleshy. 

 Length of a specimen freshly killed 6| inches, wing 2|, extent 9, 

 tail 3 i, foot 1:1. 



Gould figures this on the same plate as the last species, of 

 which he considers it to be a variety only. 



246. Salpornis spilonota. 



This very interesting bird has been procured in Central India 

 by Mr. W. Blanford, especially near Sironcha, on the Godavery. 

 Captain Pin will, H.M. 27th, some years ago showed me one he 

 had killed in the Oudh Terai ; and Mr. Hume has also received 

 it from other localities. Mr. Blanford has given an interesting 

 account of its habits ; and from his notes I give the following 

 particulars: — Bill blackish above, flesh-coloured below; legs 

 dusky horny, inclining to plumbeous ; irides brown. Length 

 55-5f inches, extent 9h, wing 85-8^, tail 2g, bill at front f-1, 

 tarsus I, foot If. 



248. SiTTA himalayensis. 



S. vitticauda is not a synonym of this Nuthatch, as pointed out 

 above, p. 19. The lateral tail-feathers have an oblique white 

 spot near the tip ; one measured in the flesh 9 inches in extent, 

 wing 2|. Legs pale dusky yellowish. 



This bird certainly does not extend to the highlands of Cen- 

 tral India as stated by Gould. 



249. SlTTA LEUCOPSIS. 



I found this fine Nuthatch not rare in the valley of the 

 Sutlej, at from 9000 to 10,000 feet elevation, and still more 

 abundant in the fine forests of Kashmir at similar elevations. 

 Stoliczka found it feeding on the seeds of Pinus gerardiana and 

 P. excelsa. Bill dusky, bluish beneath for the basal half; 



