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? Sitta caesia minoy A. E. Brehm, Allg. Deutsch. Naturhist. Zeitung 1857, p. 447 (1857) (Spain). 
Sitta cinerea Doderlein. Giorn. Sc. Palermo, Vol. 5 (1), p. 192 (1869) (Sicily). 
(Sitta caesia) var. sordida Reichenow, Journ. f. Ornith. Vol. 55, p. 312 (1907) (« Mark, Mecklenburg, Pommern, 
Schlesien, West- and Ostpreussen », in the latter province, however, S. ¢. jomeyert alone is found). 
Hab. Europe, from Jutland south to the Pyrenees, Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, and east to the Balkan (common 
in Dalmatia, Bosnia, Serbia and Rumania, rare in Greece). In Spain perhaps represented by a 
different race, but a series should be examined. 
. Sitta europza britannica Hartert. 
Sitta europaea britannica Hartert, Novit. Zool. Vol. 7, p. 526 (1900) (Tring, England). 
Hab. England, Scotland, but not in Ireland. 
Sitta europza caucasica Reichenow. 
Sitia caesia caucasica Reichenow, Ornith. Monatsber. Vol. 9, p. 53 (1901) (Nalchikh in the Terek district, 
N. Caucasus). 
Hab. Caucasus Mts. 
Sitta europza rubiginosa Tschusi. 
Sitta europaea vubiginosa Tschusi, Ornith. Jahrb. Vol. 16, p. 140 (1905) (Asterabad, south shore of the Caspian Sea). 
Hab. Elburz Mts., south shore of the Caspian Sea. N. Persia. 
. Sitta europza persica Witherby. 
Siita europaea persica Witherby, The Ibis 1903, p. 531 (1903) (Oak-woods of S. W. Persia). 
Hab. Oak-woods of S. W. Persia. 
Sitta europza levantina Hartert. 
Sttta europaea levantina Hartert, V6g. palaarkt. Fauna, Livr. 3, p. 333 (1905) (Taurus, Asia Minor). 
Hab. Asia Minor and Palestine. 
. Sitta europza sinensis J. Verreaux. (Plate, Fig. 4.) 
Sitia sinensis J. Verreaux, Nouy. Arch. Mus. Paris, Vol. 6, Bull. p. 34 (1870) (« dans les montagnes du Thibet 
chinois », viz. Kiukiang and Mupin, cfr. loc. cit. Vol. 7, Bull. pp. 28,29. Although the examples from the 
latter locality belong to S. ¢. montium, the name may safely be retained for the present form, since the 
coloured figure (see below) undoubtedly represents the Kiukiang bird. Consequently Kiwkiang is to be 
regarded as type locality). 
Fig. J. Verreaux, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, Vol. 9, Bull., tab. 4, f. 1. 
Hab. Northern and central provinces of China (Tchi-li, Tchekiang, Hupeh, Shensi etc.); Isl. o- 
Formosa. 
Sitta europza montium La Touche. 
Sitta montium La Touche, The Ibis 1899, p. 404 (1899) (Kuatun, N. W. Fokien). 
Hab. Southern and western provinces of China (Fokien, Kiangsi, Szechuen etc.). 
Sitta europza nagaensis Godwin-Austen. 
Sitta nagaensis Godwin-Austen, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1874, p. 44 (1874) (Naga Hills, Assam). 
Sitta victoriae Rippon, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, Vol. 14, p. 84 (1904) (Mt. Victoria, S. Chin Hills). 
Fig. Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Vol. 43, II, pl. 4 (1874). 
Hab. Assam (Naga Hills) and Burma (Chin Hills, Southern Shan States). 
. Sitta yunnanensis Ogilvie-Grant. 
Sitta yunnanensts Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, Vol. 10, p. 37 (1900) (Wei-yuan, Southern Yunnan). 
Hab. S. W. China : S. Yunnan. (Perhaps a subspecies of the preceding form.) 
Sitta magna \V. Ramsay. 
Sitta magna W. Ramsay, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1876, p. 677, t. 43 (2) (1877) (IKXarennee). 
Fig. The Ibis 1897, tab. 1 (G), 
Hab. Burma (Karennee, south. Shan States) and S. W. China ‘South Yunnan). 
Sitta himalayensis Jardine & Selby. 
Sitta himalayensis Jardine & Selby, Illustr. Ornith. Vol. 3, pl. 144 (Dec. 1835) (Himalaya). 
Silta nipalensis Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Vol. 5, II p. 779 (1836) (Nepal). 
Hab. Throughout the Himalayas, from Kangra to Bhutan and Sikkim, at elevations of from 5000 to 
11,000 feet. Also obtained in the Munipur Hills (Godwin-Austen) and recorded from the southern 
Shan States (Bingham, The Ibis 1903, p.594).(Specimens from these localities should be reexamined.) 
