78 OUR INDIAN CERTHIIN.E. 



tail-coverts pale rusty brown ; upper tail-coverts as in the last 

 bright rusty brown ; tail plain brown with the shafts rather 

 rufous. In the colour of the tail being plain brown, this bird 

 differs much from the last. Its principle characteristic is 

 however the pure white breast instead of the buff one of the last 

 species ; the upper surface of the bird is very similar." 



As I have shown, when treating of the 3rd species, this bird 

 must stand as nipalensis, Hodgs. — 



The synonymy therefore of the group will, I think, stand 

 somewhat as follows : — 



1.— Certhia himalayana, Vigors. 



Pro. Coram. Sci. and Corr. Zool. Soc. I., 174, 1831.— Gould. 

 B. of As. Pt. II, PI. 17.— Jerd. B. of I. I., 380. 



vittaeauda, Jam. Mem. Wern. N.H. S. VII., 490 ; vide Jerd. 

 Ibis 1872, 19. 



asiatica, Sioai)is. 2£cent. Birds ? ; Anim. in Mauag. 353. 



2.— Certhia Hodgsoni, Brooks. 



J. A. S. B. XLL, 74. 1872.— S. F. III., 233 n. 

 familiaris, Jerd., Ibis, 1872, 19, et auct. nee. Lin. 



3.— Certhia discolor, Blyth. 



J, A. S. B. XIV., 580, 1845; XVL, 864, 1847; Ann. Nat. 

 Hist. XX., 317. lUl.—Jerd, B. of L, I., 381, 1862. 



nipalensis, Ilodgs. var. ? Apud Gould, B. of As., Pt. IL, PI. 

 16, {lower figure) July 1850. 



nipalensis, Hodgs.,\ern. Apud Brooks, J. A. S. B. XLII, 255. 



4.— Certhia Stoliczkse, Brooks. 

 J. A. S. B., XLIL, 256, 1873. 



5.— Certhia nipalensis, Uodgs. 



Vide Blyth, J. A. S. B. XIV., 581, 1845 ; XVI., 864, 1847 ; 



Ann. Nat. Hist. XX., 317, Nov. 1847.— Gould, B. of As., 



Pt. IL, PI. 16, {upper figure) July 1850.— Jerd. B. of I., I., 381, 



1862. ' ' ' 



Mandelii, Brooks, J. A. S. B. XLIL, 256, 1873. 



The diagnosis of these species is as follows. 



Tail strongly barred ... ... himalayana. 



Tail faintly or obsoletely barred ... Hodgsoni. 



