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but according to my experience, derived from the examina- 
tion of a great number of collections made there, I should 
say that it was rare, and that its place was almost entirely 
usurped by the European Creeper. 
Of a specimen which I take to be a female, shot in the 
Sind Valley, the following note was made at the time : 
Length, 5'12 ; tail from vent, 2-5 ; expanse, 7*5 ; wing, 2-4 ; 
wings when closed reach to within 12-25 of end of tail. 
Legs, feet, and bill fleshy, the latter dusky on upper 
mandible. Irides brown.-'^ \^A. O. H.] 
247. Tichodroma muraria (Linn.). 
This species was almost daily noticed from near Bimbur, 
fight through Kashmir and Ladak to beyond Le, but it 
never occurred after leaving the Pangong Lake. On the 
return journey the bird had commenced finding its way 
down to those portions of the plains which lie near the foot 
of the hills, and on the day of my return I killed a speci- 
men at Lahore. 
I give the following dimensions of the male killed at 
Lahore. Length, 6'5 ; tail from vent, 2*12 ; expanse, 11'5 ; 
wings when closed reach to within 0*25 of end of tail. 
[G. H.-] 
During the cold weather solitary stragglers are occasion- 
ally killed even in the Central Provinces. [A. 0. //.] 
249. Sitta leucopsis (Gould). 
The White-cheeked Nuthatch was only met with by the 
Expedition in the Upper Sind Valley, Kashmir. Here it 
was not uncommon, but it affected so persistently the tops 
of the loftiest trees that very few specimens were obtained. 
The measurements of a male are : Length, 5 ; tail from vent, 
1'75 ; expanse, 8'5 ; wings when closed reach to within 0*38 
of end of tail. Bill black, blue beneath. Irides brown. 
[G.H.-] 
Thi? species is very common in suitable localities (viz., 
pine forests at an elevation of about 9000 feet) everywhere 
in the Himalayas south of the snowy range, from Nagkanda 
behind Simla, to the Peshawar sanatorium Thundiani, in 
