PASSERES— PARTDK 69 



Sitta kriiperi Pclzeln. 



rt Above IjIuc slate, forccrown and head black, eyebrow, 

 cheeks, and throat white ; beneath pale slaty grey with a chest- 

 nut patch on chest, under tail coverts chestnut with white tips. 

 Bill dark horn, lighter at base. Legs and feet slate grey. Wing 

 (^ 76-77, 9 71-73. Tarsus 17-19. Bill 15-16. 9 forepart of 

 crown only black. 



Resident. — Caucasus to Asia Minor. 



Sitta neumayeri neumayeri Michahelles. Rock 

 Nuthatch. 



Somewhat resembles " S. europaea," but no chestnut on flanks 

 and under tail coverts and no white spots on tail ; abdomen, 

 flanks, and under tail coverts reddish buff. Bill blackish horn. 

 Legs and feet blue grey. Wing 77-S3 (H.). Tarsus 19-21. Bill 

 18-19. Sexes alike. 



Resident.— S.'K. Europe; Albania, Dalmatia, Herzegovina, and 

 Croatia to Greece and Asia Minor. 



PARID.^— Tits. 



Skull comparatively large, bill short; plumage long and 

 soft with a dowmy after-shaft ; wing short. Sexes nearly alike. 



Parus. 



Bill short, strong, conical ; nares covered with feathers ; 

 of restless habits, searching branches, leaves, bark, etc., and 

 in all attitudes; food, insects and seeds, but some omnivorous 

 near dwellings ; nest in holes in trees, walls, etc. ; eggs white, 

 spotted with dark or light reddish brown. 



Parus major major L. Great Tit. Fr. Mesange char- 

 bonnicre ; Ger. Kohlmeise ; Ital. Cinciallegra ; Swcd. Talgmees. 



^ Head black, cheeks white, and nuchal patch white tinged 

 yellow ; back yellow green ; rump and upper tail coverts bluish 

 grey ; tail, outer webs blue grey, inner webs blackish, outer pair 

 feathers white outer web and with patch of white at tip of inner 

 web, penultimate pair with small white tip, third pair often 

 tipped white ; wing coverts blue grey with white tips ; beneath 



