1872.] 
W. E. Brooks — Cashmir Birds. 
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Sitta Cashmieehsis, nov. sp. 
In colouration very like $. Himalayana, but the Cashmir bird is much 
larger, with the white on the tail differently distributed. The wing measures 
3 '3 in. The white of the chin, throat and side of the head is not abruptly 
defined, but shaded gradually into the rufous of the lower parts. It is very 
like S. Europcea, but is distinct. The abdomen, flanks and lower tail coverts 
are darker than in S. Himalayana. There is no white edging to the under 
tail coverts as in Europcea and ccesia. I procured this bird in the pine 
forests of Cashmir. 
Sitta ieucopsis. — Captain Cock took the eggs at Sonamurg up the 
Scind valley. They are like those of S. Europcea, but glossier and more 
delicately marked. 
U pupa epops. — Abundant. I took a nest with ten (!) eggs out of a 
hollow willow at Eamu. The distinctions pointed out by Dr. Jerdon as 
separating the plains’ species from this one do not hold good. The only 
certain distinction is the depth of the red colour hi the Indian hird, which 
generally has also a vinous tinge. U. epops arrives from the north in 
great numbers in September and October. 
Hemichelidon euliginosa, Hodgson. (? H. Siberica, Gml.) 
Abundant in the pine woods of Cashmir about 7,000 feet elevation 
where it breeds. It was especially numerous at Gulmurg. This is the 
species described in detail by Dr. Stoliczka in his notes on the Ornithology 
of the Sutlej valley, 
I think there can be but little doubt that it is the Muscicapa fusce- 
dula of Pallas. Dr. Stoliczka informs me that Gray, in his ‘ Handlist , I, 
page 324, unites M. Siberica, Gml., M. fuscedula, Pallas, and H. fuliginosa, 
Hodgson, giving the two latter names as synonyms only. I am not satisfied 
that our North-West bird is the original fuliginosa, described by Hodgson. 
The measurements, especially of the wing are much larger ; and even a young 
spotted bird I have, has the whig fully three inches in length. I am also 
not satisfied that Mr. Hodgson had not two species under the same name, 
for the dimensions on the back of the drawing of the nest of H. fuliginosa , 
give the wing of two specimens as each three inches in length. The tails are 
each two inches long. Of this species on another drawing Mr. Hodgson says 
“ H. fuliginosus. Uniform sooty brown, darkest on alars and caudals and 
shaded with white on lower belly, vent and under tail coverts. The body below 
paler than above. Length 4| inch ; bill to gape J,- ; tail 2 ; tarsi to sole -j’j ; 
central toe and nail rather less ; closed wing 2 J ; legs blackish ; bill sooty car- 
neous.” It will be observed that Mr. Hodgson does not mention the whitish 
patch on the front of the neck, nor the bright rufous on the inner webs of the 
wing feathers. I have had a good many specimens of the North-West species, 
and find the wing to range from 283 to 305 ; and the tail from P9 to 2 
inches. 
