14 PARID^. 



s. (S ad. sk. B irregaard, Norway, F. Godman & O. Salviu, 



iMarch 20, 1859 (P. Esqrs. [P.]. 



Godman). 



Belgium, May 1876. Purchased. 



Belgium, May 15, 1872. Purchased. 



Leiden. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Leiden. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



Holland. _ M. Kuhl, Esq. [P.]. 



Mongeron, near Paris. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



Mongeron, near Pari.s, R. B. Sliarpe, Esq. | P.]. 



Feb. 11, 1875. 



Bordeaux. Gould Collection. 



Asia Minor, Feb 16, Gould Collection. 



18G5 {Rubson). 



Asia Minor. Purchased. 



Ortakeuy, Turkey, Nov. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



5, 1871 (liubson). 



Ortakeuy, Nov. 4, 1871 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



(Rohson). 



Prussia. Dr. H. Gadow. 



-t'. Skulls. S. Germany. Dr. Giinther. 



SubsxDecies a. Parus persicus. 



Parus (Cyanistes) persicus, Blanf. Ibis, 1873, p. 89 ; id. East. Persia, 

 p. 230, pi. xvi. fig. 2 (1876). 



The differences between this Persian species and the common 

 Blue Titmouse are only differences of degree. The general colour 

 of the Persian specimens is duller ; the mantle, hind neck, and upper 

 back are grey, with a slight tinge of olive, which colour becomes 

 more pronounced on the lower back ; the greater wing-coverts are 

 tipped with white, the tips themselves are broader than is generally 

 the case in P. cceruJeus ; breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts 

 are yellowish buff, instead of the strong greeuish-yeUow colour of 

 these parts in the common Blue Titmouse ; the dusky black feathers 

 on the lower breast are the .same in both species, but the blue of 

 the crown and of the hind neck is rather dull in the Persian form. 

 The measurements, as given by Mr. Blanford, are : — culmen 0-29- 

 0-32 inch, wing 2-4-2-65, tail 1-98-2-02, tarsus 0-62-0-68. 



Hah. Southern Persia. 



a. (S ad. sk. Oak-forest, near Shiraz. Sir Oliver St. John [P.]. 



10. Parus tenerijBFae. 



l*arus cferuleus, var. teneriffiB, Less. Traite d'Orn. i. p. 456 (1831). 



Parus ultramarinus, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1841, p. 146. 



Parus cseruleanus, Malh. Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 76 ; Gray, Gen. B, 



pi. 52 ; Levaill. pin., Expl. Scient. Ak/., Atlas, Ois. pi. 7. fig. 2. 

 Cyanistes ultramarinus, Bp. C. A. i. p. 229 (li:<50) ; Cab. Mm. Heiv. 

 "i. p. 90 ; Loche, Cat. Mamni. et Ois. Ahj. p. 77 ; Loche, Expl. Alg. 



p. 300, pi. 7. fig. 1. 

 Parus violaceus, Bolle, J. f. 0. 1854, p. 455. 

 Parus teneiiffaj. Dresser, B. Eur. iii. p. 1-39. 



