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in mixed oak and rhododendron and, though J failed to find its 
nest, it certainly bred in the latter in the Khasia Hills. Its voice 
is a very Bat-like little squeak but I have never heard its song, 
(449) Certhia familiaris khamensis. 
THE TIBETAN TREE-CREEPER. 
Certhia khamensis Bianchi, Sharpe, Hand-l. B., iv, p. 855, descrip- 
tion p. 3860 (1893). 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. This race is near to the preceding but the upper 
plumage is still darker and has less rufous ; on the under parts the 
breast is more white and the abdomeny flanks and under tail- 
coverts are pale smoky-brown instead of fulvous. 
Colours of soft parts as in the preceding bird. 
Measurements. Wing about 69 to 70 mm.; tail 65 to 68 mm. ; 
tarsus 18 mm.; culmen considerably longer than in nzpalensis, 
measuring about 17 to 18 mm. 
Distribution. South-East Tibet. Eggs of a Creeper sent me 
from the Chambi Valley, South ‘Tibet, may be either of this or the 
preceding form. The record of the Nepal Tree-Creeper from 
the extreme North-East of the Kachin Hills (Harington) is almost 
sure to refer to this bird. 
Nidification and Habits. Nothing known. 
(450) Certhia familiaris hodgsoni. 
Hopeson’s TREE-CREEPER. 
Certhia hodgsoni Brooks, J. A.8.B., xli, p. 74 (1872) (Kashmir) ; 
Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 329. 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. This Tree-Creeper differs from both the other 
Indian races of this species in being much paler above; the 
rufous tinge is absent but the rump and upper tail-coverts have a 
wash of fulvous; below it is almost entirely white, with merely 
a tinge of fulvous on the posterior flanks and under tail-coverts. 
Colours of soft parts as in the preceding races. 
Measurements. This is decidedly the smallest of the three 
races. Wing 63 to 66 min.; tail 60 to 61 mm.; tarsus about 
17 mm.; culmen about 16 to 18 mm. 
Distribution. Garhwal to North-West Kashmir. 
Nidification. The nest of this bird was first taken by Captain 
Cock at Gulmurg in Kashmir and it hag also been taken by Rattray, 
Buchanan and Galen in Danga Gali and Changla Gali in the 
Murree Hills. The birds are late breeders; Capt. Cock’ s nests were 
