10 PARID.E. 



The sexes are alike in plumage. Total length about 'ro inches, 

 culmen 0-5, wing 3--i, tail I'-l', tarsus 0-7. 

 Hab. Gaboon. 



a. Ad. sk. Gaboon. Purchased. (Type of 



the species.) 



4. Parus albiventer. 



Parus albiventi-is, Shelley, Ibis, 1881, p. 11(5 ; id. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 578. 



General plumage black ; median wing-coverts white ; greater 

 ■wing-coverts and the quills edged with white on their outer webs ; 

 the white edges of the inner primaries and outer secondaries shaded 

 with ashy olive ; primary-coverts with almost obsolete pale edges ; 

 the outer taU-feathers with the greater portion of the exterior web 

 and the ends of the feathers white, the next pair having the end 

 half of the outer webs very narrowly edged with white ; centre of 

 the chest, abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts white ; under 

 wing-coverts white ; inner margijis of the quills cream-colour ; bill 

 black; legs slate-colour. Total length 7-7o inches, culmen 0-4, 

 wing 3-3, tail 2-75, tarsus 4-8. 



Hab. Ugogo, Central East Africa. 



5. Parus leuconotus. 



Parus leuconotus, Guerin, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 184.3, p. 162 ; Heugl. 



Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 408, iv. p. cix ; Gal. ^- Ferret, Voy. en Abyss. 



iii. p. 222, t. 9. fig. 1 ; Bhmf. Geol. S,- Zool. Abyss, p. 356. 

 Parus dorsatus, Rilpp. Sijst.' Uebers. p. 42, pi. 18 (1845); Heityl. 



System. Uebers. no. 253. 

 Melaniparus leuconotus, Bp. Cmisp. i. p. 228 (1850). 

 Pentheres leuconotus. Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 92 (18.50). 



Adult male. Glossy blue-black, with the exception of the mantle, 

 which is dingy or creamy white ; outer pair of tail-feathers with a 

 narrow white edge ; the outer web of the terminal half of the 

 primary-quills in some specimens slightly edged with whitish ; inner 

 margin of quills whitish ; edge of wing and under wing-coverts jet- 

 black, the greater series greyish with dark tips ; bill black ; feet 

 lead-colour ; iris fuscous. Total length under 5 inches, culmen 0*5, 

 wing 3-3-2, tail 2-4-2-5.5, tarsus 0-8. 



The females and immature birds are mostly dull black ; the mantle 

 white, with a vinous-brown tinge. 



Hah. Highlands of Abyssinia. 



a. Ad. sk. Abyssinia. Purchased. 



b Ad. sk. Agula, Tigre, 7000 feet, W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



May 16, 1868. 



6. Parus cyanus. 



Panis cyanus, Pallas, N. Comm. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. xiv. p. 588, 

 tab. 13. fig. 1(1770) ; Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 6.38 (1781-85); Petzius, 

 Fami. Sicec. p. 267 ; Tenan. Man. d'Oni. p. 295(1820) ; VieillGal. 

 Ois. i. p. 87, pi. 68 ; Nau77i. Vdg. Deutschl. iv. pi. 95. fig. 3 ; Pallas, 



