( 498 ) 



4. Parus major coi-sus Klcinsilun. 



Corsica and Sardinia. Kesideut. 



AVing 2 — 3 mm. shorter ; the yellow of the nuderside mueli duller, more 

 greenish ; the white mark on the inner web of the outermost pair of rectriccs 

 nearly always more restricted, sometimes almost absent. 



In winter F. major major occurs occasionally on Sardinia. 



Terra typica : Corsica. 



5. Parus major aphrodite Mad. 



Cyjirus, Asia Minor, and Greece. 



Tarsus rather shorter than in 1, 2, 3, 4 ; the yellow of the underside deep 

 and bright ; specimens with partially or entirely cream-coloured underside 

 not rare. 



Terra ti/jj/ra : Cyprus. 



6. Parus major blanfordi Praz.* 



Persia and Palestine. 



Underside very pale yellow ; general aspect very light. 



Terra typica : Persia. 



7. Parus major bokharensis Licht. 

 15(ikhani, Trauscaspia, North Afghanistan (Aiuii Darja, Merw, Tedjen, etc.). 



8. Parus major turkestanicus Zarudny & Loudon. 



Dsungaria, Turkestan, Syr-Darja (Semiretschje, Dsharkent). 



(Cf. Orn. iIonat.sbrr. 1005, p. 100.) 



This subsj)ecies differs obviously from No. 7 by its huge bill, lung tail, and 

 great size generally. Unfortunately its description apjioared too late for Part 111. 

 of my book, and my material being not very large, I did not separate this form. 



u. Parus major intermedius Zarudny. 



Mountain districts of Transcaspia, E. Persia, jiarts of S. Afghanistan and 

 Baluchistan. 



Darker than 7, the interscapuliiim with a greenish tinge. 

 Terra fi/pica : Transcaspia. 



10. Parus major caschmirensis Hart. 



( 'ashmere. 



Like Ijoltliitrensi.s, but darker. Nape-patch darkened with greyish. Outer pair 

 of reetrices almost entirely wliile; second pair with a wide slate-cidoured edge- 

 band on the inner web ; third pair with a small white tip on the outer web. 

 Wmg 70 — 78 mm. 



• Purin major zaijruu'icmis t^arudiiy & London, 0th. MunaUher. 1905, p. 108, is a clear sjuonyui of 

 hlanfordi, Parux mnjor ea»pUt», itl., bolonjrs probably also tu the same form. 



