to '■ The Birds of India.' 21 



legs dingy reddish ; irides dark brown. Extent of wing 9^, 

 foot 1^. 



250. SiTTA CASTANEOVENTRIS. 



One killed in the N.W. provinces measured 9| inches in 

 extent, tail l^j bill at front f, foot nearly 1|. Its bill is much 

 more slender than that of S. cinnamomeiventris. I found it extend- 

 ing nearly to the foot of the Himalayas, in the Bijnour and 

 Saharunpore districts, frequenting all large groves and gardens. 



251. SiTTA CINNAMOMEIVENTRIS. 



The tail has the two central feathers grey, the rest blackish ; 

 the outermost three on each side with lai'ge white spots on the 

 inner webs near the tip ; the outermost of all has also a spot on 

 the outer web near the base ; the two next the uropygials are 

 grey at the tip and on the outer web. It has been noted that the 

 female of this species corresponds very closely with Sitta h'ueperi. 



252. Sitta Formosa. 



Figured by Gould, B. of Asia, pt. i. pi. 7. 

 This beautiful Nuthatch was recently obtained by Major God- 

 win-Austen in North Cachar. 



253. Dendrophila frontalis. 



One killed in Assam, where it is very common, had the wing 

 2^, tail If, bill -^^, tarsus j-^j, foot 1-^. I saw it in the Saha- 

 runpore Botanical Gardens in the cold weather. 



Sitta azurea, Lesson ( = -S. jlavipes, Swainson), figured by 

 Gray, ' Genera of Birds,^ is a very beautiful species of this genus 

 from Java. 



254. Upupa epops. 



One measured in the tlesh 11^ inches, extent 18^, wing 6, 

 tail 4^. 



This Hoopoe breeds very generally in the N.W. Provinces, in 

 the verandas of houses ; and I watched one for some days in the 

 house of the late Dr. Scott at Umballa, which he alludes to in a 

 former volume of 'The Ibis'*. I, however, did on one occa- 

 sion see the female Hoopoe fly ofl" her nest in the veranda 

 merely to drop her faeces, and return immediately. In tliis 

 letter of Dr. Scott's to Mr. Blyth, there is twice a misprint of 



* See ' The Ibis ' for 186G, p. 222. 



