100 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1890. 



reddish specks scattered over the whole surface of the egg, princi- 

 pally at the larger end. 



Poona, May to August. H. E. Barnes. 



M how, August. Do. 



Nassick, June and July. J. Davidson. 



646.— THE WHITE-WINGED BLACK TIT. 



Parus nuchalis, Jerd. 



The White-winged Black Tit has been obtained in Cutch and the 

 vicinity of Deesa. It appears to be very locally distributed. It is 

 probably a permanent resident where it occurs, but I can find no 

 record of its breeding either in Western India or elsewhere. 



647.— THE YELLOW-CHEEKED TIT. 



Machlolophus xanthoganys, Vig. 



I shot a Yellow-cheeked Tit on the Vindhian Hills, near Mhow, 

 which I identified at the time as this bird. I was only there a few 

 weeks, and never met with another specimen, so that I do not feel 

 quite sure that my identification was correct ; the skin in question was 

 sent to the Frere Hall Museum, and my label was never called in 

 question. The differences between typical specimens of this bird and 

 the Southern Yellow-cheeked Tit are slight, and they are bridged 

 over by intermediate specimens that might with equal justice be 

 ascribed to either of them. I saw other specimens at Neemuch, but 

 as at that time I entertained no doubt in regard to the correctness of 

 my identification, I did not shoot any. I never found a nest. 



648.— THE SOUTHERN YELLOW-CHEEKED TIT. 



Machlolophus aplonotus, Bly. 



The Southern Yellow-cheeked Tit is a permanent resident on the 

 Sahyadri Range and in the well- wooded tracts adjoining-, and is 

 very common at Aboo, and in the jungle at foot, but does not appear 

 to extend far into the open country. I can find no accounts of its 

 eggs having actually been taken within our limits. 



I found a nest at Aboo on the 15th April, in a small natural hole 

 in a tree ; this I cut open, but the eggs had not been laid, although the 

 nest seemed very complete. The Tits did not desert the nest, although 

 I cut away a great deal of wood before I could get at the nest. I 



