OUR INDIAN CERTHIIN.E. 79 



"Throat and breast, earthy olive brown, discolor. 

 (Bill from forehead about 0.75, 

 rather stouter and straighter) 

 Throat and breast, strongly tinged 

 Tail plain, ! with a warm buff. ... Stoliczka. 



unbarred. ] (Bill from forehead about 0*63, 

 much shorter and straighter) 

 Throat and breast, silky white, nipalensis. 



(Bill from forehead about 0.72, 

 more curved and compressed) 



The habitats of these species have not yet been clearly defi- 

 ned, most ornithologists not having hitherto discriminated, C. 

 Stoliczkce, and Assam having been as yet very imperfectly ex- 

 plored, but my museum contains specimens of 



1. Idmalayana, from 



Himalayahs. — Murree ; Rutton Pir, Cashmir ; Valley 

 Cashmir ; Simla ; Kotgurh ; Ganga- 

 otri, and Deralee, Valley of Bhagi- 

 ruttee ; middle ranges of Hills, N. 

 of Mussouri ; Nynee Tal ; Almora ; 

 Binsur. 



Sub-himalayan Murdan, N. W. Punjaub ; various 

 tracts. — localities in the Dehra Dhoon. 



2. Hodgsoni. ou ly f rom Cashmere. 



3. discolor. Darjeeling ; interior of Bh. Sikhim ; 



Native Sikhim ; Nepal. 



4. Stoliczkce. Darjeeling ; interior of Bh. Sikhim ; 



Native Sikhim ; Bhootan. 



5. nipalensis. Nepal; Darjeeling; interior of British 



Sikhim ; Native Sikhim; near Shillong. 

 (God. Aust. also got a specimen from the 

 Naga Hills.) 



A. 0. H. 



Itotcs on tlje lUMucattoit of some bxxte m lunnalj. 



By C. T. Bingham. 



All the nests and eggs on which notes are herewith appended 

 were found in the Government Teak Reserve on the Sinzaway 

 chouug, a feeder of the Yoonzaleen river, which it enters about 

 two days' march below our frontier station of Pabpoon in 

 Tenasserim. 



