Ornithological Notes from Afghanistan. 51 
(248 bis) Srrva CASHMIRIENSIS. 
Sitta cashmiriensis, Brooks, P. A. 8. B. 1871, p. 209; J. A. 
S. B. 1872, p. 75. 
Sitta cinnamomeiventris of my first paper (Ibis, 1879, 
p. 447). 
It is not without some doubts that I refer the Hariab Nut- 
hatch to the above species. It agrees fairly well with the 
brief description given by Mr. Brooks (/oc. cit.) ; but I have 
specimens from Murrce (Biddulph) which agree still better 
with his description, and which, in turn, do not agree so well 
with my Afghan bird. 
The description of my bird runs as follows:—“ Upper surface 
bluish slate-colour, including the two centre tail-feathers, 
which have no white upon them. Breast bright rufescent, 
shading into deep chestnut-red on the belly and lower tail- 
coverts, which are without white edgings, and into white or 
whitish rufescent on the throat, cheeks, and ear-coverts. A 
black line, 1°75 inch long, runs from the base of the maxilla 
over the eye onto the upper back. Quills brown, faintly 
margined with bluish slate on the outer web, and becoming 
white on the inner web towards the base. Rectrices brown, 
the two outer ones having a broad white bar on the inner web 
and another higher up on the outer, the next two plain, but 
tipped with greyish white. The bill is very slender and 
slightly recurved. Bill from gape -95 inches, tarsus ‘7, wing 
3°35, tail 2. Bill dark slate-colour ; gonys albescent.” 
This Nuthatch is the common one of the southern slopes 
of the Safed-Koh, and was breeding in the Hariab district in 
May. By the middle of June all the young had flown. 
(249) Sivra LEUcoPsIs. 
Sitta leucopsis, Gould, P. Z. 8. 1849, p. 113. 
The White-cheeked Nuthatch is rather common on the 
Peiwar spur of the Safed-Koh. I observed it hanging about 
a nest-hole on the 21st May, but on returning to take the 
eges some days later was unable to fmd the tree. I have not 
observed this Nuthatch below an elevation of 7000 feet, which 
is about the lowest limit of pme-growth in these parts. On 
ER 
