. Birds .. . SITTA C. CINNAM0VENTR1S-. The Cinnam<jn-belli«<l Nuthatch. ^3 rife size. SITTA. 125 (111) Sitta castaneiventris cinnamoventris. ThjB CufNAMON-BElLIED NUTHATCH. Sitta cinnamoventris Blytli, J. A. S. B., xi, p. 439 (1S43) (Darjeelirig).Sitta cinnamomeoientris. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 301. Vernacular names. Siri (Hind.); SidhyipMj) (Lepcha); Dao-mojo-gajao (Cachari). Description.—Adult male. Like the last but the white parts ofthe face are delicately barred with brown ; the upper plumage ismore an ashy-blue, the under parts are a deep cinnamon-chestnutand the under tail-coyerts a
. Birds .. . SITTA C. CINNAM0VENTR1S-. The Cinnam<jn-belli«<l Nuthatch. ^3 rife size. SITTA. 125 (111) Sitta castaneiventris cinnamoventris. ThjB CufNAMON-BElLIED NUTHATCH. Sitta cinnamoventris Blytli, J. A. S. B., xi, p. 439 (1S43) (Darjeelirig).Sitta cinnamomeoientris. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 301. Vernacular names. Siri (Hind.); SidhyipMj) (Lepcha); Dao-mojo-gajao (Cachari). Description.—Adult male. Like the last but the white parts ofthe face are delicately barred with brown ; the upper plumage ismore an ashy-blue, the under parts are a deep cinnamon-chestnutand the under tail-coyerts are white with ashy bases and narrowchestnut tips. Female. Differs from the male in being a pale dull Fig. 25.—Head of S. o. cinnamovetiiris. Colours of soft parts. Iris red-brown to lake ; bill slaty-blue,hlack at the tip and paler on base and lower mandible; legs andfeet dull blue-grey or bluish plumbeous. Measurements. Total length about 150 mm.; wing 78 to 81 mm.;tail about 45 mm.; tarsus about 18 mm.; culmen about 20 mm. Distribution. The Himalayas from Murree to Eastern Assam,both North and South of the Brahmaputra, Manipur, Lushai andChittagong hill-tracts, but not further East. Oatess specimensfrom Btiamo are much nearer ntgleeta and should be assignedto that bird. Nidification. G-ammie obtained the nest in Sikkim at 2,000feet in a decayed bamboo, and I found many nests in the XbasiaHills in April and May at elevations between 4,500 and 6,u0i)feet. In these hills, although a nest might now and then befound in soqae old stump, the great majority are built in theretaining w^ls of roads or in walls of fields and walls are buUt of mud and stones and form favourit
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