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less white at base ; and the legs are certainly not yellow, as those of 

 <S. himalayana are coloured in the plate, but appear to have been 

 plumbeous, with yellow on the soles. Another discrepancy of 5. 

 cinnamoventris with the figure of S. himalayana, consists in the black 

 of the loral region not extending upon the forehead, whereas it would 

 appear represented to do so in the figure of the other. Nevertheless, 

 I still suspect that they will prove identical. As for the Indian 

 Nuthatch of Latham {Gen. Hist IV, 73), it is not very clear to which 

 species this is to be referred. The beak of S. cinnamoventris is dis- 

 tinctly compressed, but broad and stout. It appears to be peculiar 

 to the Himalaya. 



3. S. nipalensis, Hodgson, J. A. S. V, 779. Himalaya. A small 

 species, with remarkably short bill, tapering evenly from the base, as 

 viewed from above. 



4. S. castaneoventris, Franklin, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 121 ; J. and S., 

 77/. Orn. 1st series, pi. CLXV. Hilly regions of the Indian peninsula, 

 extending to the Uajmahl district of Bengal. Bill very much com- 

 pressed and narrow. 



5. Dendrophila frontalis, (Horsf.) Swainson: Sitta corallina, Hodg- 

 son, «/. A. S. V. 779. Hilly parts of India generally, from the Himalaya 

 southward, and also of the Malay countries: common in Arracan. 



A D. flavipes is likewise alluded to by Mr. Swainson in his 'Classi- 

 fication of Birds', p. 318, citing " pt. V, No. 130," it may be presumed 

 of Temminck's Planches coloriees. 



6. Tichodroma muraria, (L.) Illiger. The Rock or Wall Creeper of 

 Southern Europe. Common in the Himalaya, as also in Western Asia. 

 Mr. Vigne remarks, that it " is found throughout the Alpine Punjab, 

 displaying the delicate scarlet patch upon its grey wings, as it flits 

 over the perpendicular banks, with the movements of a butterfly ra- 

 ther than of a bird." Travels in Kashmir, &c. II, 20. 



7. Certhia himalayana, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 174. 



8. C. discolor, nobis. Distinguished by having the entire under- 

 parts uniform dingy brown, or very much sullied albescent (inclining 

 in some to whitish on the abdominal region), and no ferruginous on 

 the flanks, but only on the lower tail-coverts ; whereas in the preceding 

 species the under- parts are pure white, tinged with ferruginous on the 

 sides of the breast, and the flanks as well as the lower tail-coverts are 

 deep ferruginous : the upper-parts also are a shade less rufous than in 



