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(452) Certhia discolor mampurensis. 

 HUME'S TEEE-CBEEPER. 



Certhia mani/mrensis Hume, S. F., x, p. .151 (1881) (ilanipur) ; 

 Blanf. & Gates, i, p. 331. 



Vernacular names. Voh-ti-li-liny (Manipuri). 

 Description. Differs from the preceding bird in having the 

 upper parts darker and the throat more fulvous. 



Colours of soft parts as in C. d. discolor. 



Measurements. Wing 66 to 71 mm. ; tail 65 to 68 mm. ; tarsus 

 17 to 18 mm. ; culmen 15 to 16-5 mm. 



Distribution. Manipur and the Chin Hills South and East of 

 that State. The bird to the East of the Irrawaddy is not known 

 and may be either the Manipur bird or some other form. 



Nidincation. Nests and eggs taken by Mackenzie in the Chin 

 Hills, not far from the Manipur border, are just like those of the 

 Sikkim Tree-Creeper but the former were placed in small holes in 

 trees. Mackenzie describes them as little pads of moss lined 

 with a few feathers and a little " fluff." An egg sent me, one of 

 a clutch of four, measures 16-5 x 12-9 mm. but others in Mr. Mac- 

 kenzie's own collection are longer, measuring 17'2 to 17'5 mm. 

 This clutch was taken, hard set, on the 7th of May, but young 

 birds were seen on the wing and shot on this date. Two other 

 eggs taken by Mr. F. Grant measure 16-5 x 12-4 and 15-9 x 13 mm. 



Habits. Quite similar to that of the Sikkim Tree-Creeper. 



(453) Certhia discolor victorise. 

 THE CHIN HILLS TKEE-CBEEPKR. 



Certhia victoria Rippon, Bull. B. 0. C., xvi, p. 87 (1906) (Mt. Vic- 

 toria). 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Similar to the Sikkim Tree-Creeper but much 

 darker above, a blackish brown, with less fulvous ; the throat, 

 chin and breast are a dark reddish-fulvous and the abdomen and 

 flanks are also darker and more tinged with fulvous. 



Colours of soft parts as in the last bird. 



Measurements. Wing 63 to 72 mm. ; tail 65 to 70 mm. ; tarsus 

 17 to 18 mm. ; culmen 15 to 17*5 mm. 



Distribution. So far obtained only in the high peaks round 

 about Mt. Victoria in the South Chin Hills. 



Nidincation and Habits. Nothing recorded. 



