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yd. IX.] BOMBAY. [No. \. 



THE BIRDS OF NORTH CACHAR. 



PART II. 



By E. 0. Stuart Baker. 



(With Plate B.) 



{Continued from Vol. VIII, page 211.) 



Family Sittidce. 



(122) Sitta himalayensis. — The White-tailed Nuthatch. 

 Oates, No. 315 ; Hume, No. 248. 



Only to he found, as a rule, on the highest peaks, but I once had 

 a nest of this bird brought to me at Gunjong itself, which was taken 

 at an elevation of little over 2,300 feet. At the time -I could not 

 identify it, but I afterwards took another nest containing four young 

 and an addled egg, and by the help of this I was able to ascertain 

 the identity of the others. These eggs differ from those of any other 

 nuthatch's I know of in that, instead of being a glossy pure white 

 as one would have expected, they have a faint, very faint, creamy tinge 

 about them. In my eggs the spots, which consist of small, irregular, 

 pale reddish blotches, are almost confined to the larger end. 



The five eggs average '14/'X'60"i 



