1876.] LIEUT. R. W. RAMSAY ON A NEW NUTHATCH. 677 



species; and one clutch of six is now exhibited, together with an egg 

 of Tetraogallus caucasicus from Kasbeck, in the Caucasus, from mv 

 own collection for comparison. 



10. On an undescribed Species of Nuthatch and another Bird 

 from Karen-nee. By Lieutenant R. Wardlaw Ramsay, 

 F.Z.S. 



[Keceived June 20, 1876.] 



(Plate LXIII.) 



I have just received from Burmah a small collection of birds made 

 in January last in the country traversed by the recent Karen-nee- 

 boundary expedition. Of these, two species seem worthy of note, 

 viz. : — 



1. Orocetes erythrogaster (Vig.), $ , 



which must therefore be added to the catalogue of the avifauna 

 of that country. On the label there is nothing recorded as to where 

 or at what elevation the bird was shot. 



2. Sitta magna, ii. sp. (Plate LXIII.) 



General colour above dark bluish slate-colour ; a black stripe, a 

 quarter of an inch broad, on either side of the head, running from 

 the base of the bill over the eye to the shoulder ; the upper part 

 of the head and neck between these stripes smoky grey. 



Wings of much the same colour as the back. Primaries and se- 

 condaries dark brown more or less edged on the outer web with bluish 

 slate. The second, third, and fourth primaries are slightly margined 

 with whitish on the outer web, and, with the fifth and sixth, are 

 white at the base. Under surface of wing greyish brown, jet-black 

 under the shoulder. 



Tail with two central tail-feathers concolorous with the back, 

 remainder dark brown, almost black, outer pair broadly tipped with 

 white on outer web, and margined with white on inner ; next two 

 broadly tipped with white on outer, and grey on inner web. 



Under surface of body smoky grey, nearly white about throat and 

 neck. 



Lower tail-coverts, vent, and thighs brilliant chestnut, each feather 

 of the former broadly tipped with white. 



Dimensions of dry skin (male) : — length 7 '3 inches, wing 4 '5, 

 tail 2" 7, bill from gape 1*3, bill at front 1*0, tarsus '95. 



This Nuthatch is remarkable for its great size as compared with 

 other members of the genus. 



