1. PAEUS. 15 



A. Continental or Eastern Race (P. ultramarinus). — Adult. 

 Mantle, back, and scapulars greyish blue ; crown of head deep 

 blue, shading almost into black towards the occiput ; the collar 

 round the neck is perfectly black on the fore neck and on the sides 

 of the neck, blue-black on the hind neck ; in all the other parts this 

 species resembles the European P. ccerulens closely, but is generally 

 of a darker and richer coloration. Culmen (> 35-0-4, wing 2-25- 

 2-40, tail 1-8-2, tarsus 0-65. 



15. Insular or Western liace (P. teneriffae). — Specimens from the 

 Canary Islands have the secondaries and greater wing-coverts 

 without white on the tips, or at least this colour is reduced to a 

 small whitish edging. 



Hah. Represents P. cceruleus in Northern and 2^'.W. Africa, inclu- 

 ding the Canary Islands. 



a. Ad. sk. Tangiers. Purchased. 



b, c. Ad. sk. Taugiers. Col. Irby [P.]. 

 d, e. Ad. sk. Algeria. Purchased. 



/. Ad. sk. Algeria. Gould Collection. 



g, h. c? ad. sk. Souk Havras, Alsferia, F. D. Godman & 0. Sal- 



April 1857 (0.6'.). yin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



)'. Ad. sk. Tunis. L. Eraser, Esq. [C.]. 



k. 2 ad. sk. Teneriffe (F. G.). F. D. Godman & 0. Sal- 



yin, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 /, m, n. d ad. sk. Teneriffe (F. G.). F. D. Godman & 0. Sal- 



vin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



11. Parus minor. 



Parus minor, Temm. Sr Schleg. Faun. Jap., Aves, p. 70, pi. 33 (1850) ; 

 Bp. Consp. i. p. 229 ; Gould, B. Asia, pt. x. ; Swinh. Ibis, 1860, 

 pp. 55, 131 ; id. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 437 ; Dyboiosky, J. f. O. 1875, 

 p. 249 ; Taczan. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, i. p. 1(32 (1876) ; Pije- 

 valsky, in Dawso7i Eoicleys Orn. Misc. 1877, p. 187 ; David ^ 

 Omtal. Ois. Chine, p. 278 ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1879, p. 33. 



In the eastern part of the Palaearctic Region, in Japan and 

 China, P. major is represented by a smaller and closely allied species. 

 The general distribution of colour is the same as in the European 

 species ; but the Japanese and Chinese species has the sides of the 

 breast and the flanks white instead of sulphur-yellow, with a faint 

 grejash creamy hue ; on the occiput there is constantly found a 

 little white patch between the black of the crown and the yellow 

 hind neck. 



The female is a little less bright in colour than the male. 



Immature birds are much like those of P. major, but have the 

 underparts dingy white with a slight creamy tinge. 



Total length about 5 inches, culmen 0-47-0-5, wing 2-55-2-7, 

 tail 2-3-2-45, tarsus 0-75. 



Hah. Japan, Eastern Siberia, Manchuria, and the greater part 

 of China, where it gradually changes into P. cinereus. 



