a, h, c. Ad. St. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



(Tvpe.s of the species.) 

 d, e.l6\f,9-l2'] Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



h, i. i c? ] ad., k. [ S Assam. Gould Collection. 



juv.] sk. 



Z. Ad. sk. kssam {McClelland). India Museum. 



VI. 9 ad. sk. Western Pegu bills, Eugene \V. Gates, Esq. [C.]. 



lat. 19° N., April 



7, 1873. 



n. S ad. sk. Malewoon, Tenas- Eugene W. Gates, Esq. [C.]. 



serim,Dec.8,1876. 



o. Ad. sk. Malacca. Eyton Collection. 



p. Juv.sk. Malacca. Hugli Cuming, 



y, r. [ cJ $ ] ad. sk. Malacca. A. K. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



*, <. cf ad., juv. sk. Malacca (CrtH^o/-)- India >Iuseum. 



u. Ad. sk. Penang. India Museum. 



V. Bones of body. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Pams niger. 



La Mesange noire, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. iii. pi. 137. figs. 1, 2. 



Parus niger, Bonn, et Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 508 (1823); Gray, Hand-l. 



B. i. p. 233, no. 3383; Gurney, in Anderss. B. Dam. Ld. p. 81 ; 



Sharpe, ed. Layard B. S. Afr. p. 331 ; Ayres, Ibis, 1880, p. 103; 



Borage, Orn. Anqola, p. 28.5. 

 Parus leucomelas, Bi/pp. Xeue Wirh. Taf. 37. fig. 2 (1835) ; Heugl. 



Syst.Uebers. p. 252; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 234, no. 3387; Heiigl. 



Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 407. 

 Parus leucopterus, Swains. Classif. B. ii. p. 246 (1837) ; id. B. W. 



Afr. ii. pi. 42 ; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 70 ; Monteiro, His, 1862, 



p." 338; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 113; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 234, 



no. 3385 ; Bhmf. Geol. i^- Zool. Abyss, p. 356. 

 Melauiparus leucopterus, Bp. C. A. i. p. 228 (1850) ; Socage, Jorn. 



Lisb. 1867, p. 333, 1868, p. 22, 1874, p. 51, 

 Melaniparus leucomelas, Bp. C. A. i. p. 228 (1850). 

 Melaniparus niger, Bp. C. A. i. p. 228 (1850). 

 Pentheres niger, Cab. IIiis. Hein. Th. i. p. 92 (1850). 

 Peutheres leucopterus, Cab. Mas. Hein. Th. i. p. 92 (1850). 

 Pentheres leucomelas, Cab. Mns. Hein. Th. i. p. 92 (1850). 

 Penthestes melanoleucus, Pr. Paul Wilrttemberg, Icon. ined. 

 Parus luctuosus, Licht. Nomencl. p. 30 (1854). 



A. Northern Race (P. leucopterus, Swains.). 



Achdt male. Above and below glossy blue-black, less glossy on the 

 abdomen, tail, and under tail-coverts ; quills black, the primaries 

 narrowly, the secondaries broadly edged with white ; primary wing- 

 coverts black and white ; the greater and median series almost pure 

 ■white, the blackish colour being restricted to the basal or to the 

 central parts of the feathers ; lesser wing-coverts black ; quills below 

 dusky, with broad white edgings to the inner web ; edge of wing 

 and under wing-coverts white, mottled with blackish at the base of 

 the feathers ; bill, feet, and claws black. 



Fenuih. Less glossy below ; the white edgings to the quills are a 

 little narrower, and the upper wing-coverts more blackish brown, 

 than the male. 



