()08 Mcssi\<. Robinson and Kloss ott Birdie [Ibis, 



'^ Iris (lark ; maxilla blackisb, mandible dull plumboons: 

 feet i)luml)eous/' 



Mahs. T. L. 98, 95, 95, 94 ; W. 60, 61, 56, 56 mm. 



Fe»ial<is. T. L. 99, 93, 9.2 ; M. 59, 56, 55 mm. 



'Hiere have been five distinct raees of tbis Tit described, 

 namely : — 



1. Sylriparns modestus modestiis Burton, P. Z. S. 1835, 

 p. 154. " Himalayan Mountains'' (Gharwal to Sikkim). 



2. Si/hiparus 77iodesfi(s serlcophrys " Hodgs." ; Blytli, 

 Journ. Asiat. Soe. Bengal, xiii. 1814, p. 9i2. Nepal. 



3. Si/Iripanis ))iod('stus satara/ior Rip|)on, Bull. Hrit.Orn. 

 Club, xvi. 1906, p. 87. Mt. Victoria, S. Chin Hills, TMirma. 



4. Si/lrijjanis inudestus occuUus Thayer & Bangs, Mem. 

 Mus. Comp. Zool. Cambridge, Mass. xl. 1912, p. 185. 

 Szechuan, W. Cbina. 



5. St/lvipants modestus si inloensis Stnart Biikcw Hull. Brit. 

 Orn. Club, xxxviii. 1917, p. 8. Simla, N.AV. Himalayas. 



We have compared our series witb two birds from Sikkim 

 and Nepal, which are certainly typical of the second of tliese 

 races and probably of the first, but these specimens arc not 

 in first-rate condition. We can, however, detect no material 

 differences, and for the present, therefore, we leave the Annam 

 series without a subspecific name. 



198. Sitta nagaensis Godwin-Austen. 



P. Z. S. 1871., p. 14. 



3 cJ, 1 ? . Dran, 3000 ft., S. Annam. 1 Apnl-18 May, 

 1918. 



3 c?, 1 ? . Dalat, 5000 ft., S. Annam. 6-7 April, 1918. 



I ($ . Langbiau Peaks, 55-7500 ft., S. Annam. 18 April, 

 1918. 



"■ Iris dark ; maxilla black, mandible grey, tipped black ; 

 feet dark brown or leaden." 



Males. T. L. 132, 128, 130, 130, 132, 134; W. 74, 71, 

 75. 79. 74 (imperfect), 80 mm. 



Females. T. L. 126, 130, 130 ; W. 75, 69, 75 mm. 



