22 PARID.-E. 



y. Ad. sk. Simla, Sept. Capt. C. II. T. MarsbaU [P.]. 



A. [ $ ] ad. sk. .Miirree, August. Colonel Way [PJ- 



i. Ad. St. Nepal. B. II. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



k-p. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. Fl. Hod-rson, Esq. [P.]. 



q. Juv. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



r. Ad. sk. Nepal (Hodr/son). India Museum. 



s. Ad. sk. Darjeeling (Pearson). India ]Museum. 



/, n. Ad. sk. Bootan (Pemherton). India Museum. 



V. Ad. sk. Fung-shan, Formosa, R Swinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 

 Dec. 1865. 



15. Parus amabilis. 



Parus amabilis, Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. Zool. new ser. i. p. 338, 

 pi. 53. fig. 2 (1876) ; Wardlaiv Ramsay, Orn. Works. Tioeedd. 

 p. 658 (1881). 



Adult female (type of species). Head all round witli the jugular 

 region shining blue-black ; hind neck and interscapulary region 

 bright sulphur-yellow ; remainder of the back beautiful ashy grey ; 

 upper tail-coverts blue-black ; tail black, the centre tail-feathers 

 tipped with white, the remainder also white along their outer web ; 

 wings blue-black, the wing-coverts broadly tipped with white, 

 forming alar bars ; quills tipped with white, the primaries externally 

 washed with ashy grey, the innermost secondaries also white towards 

 the tip of the inner web ; rest of the under surface of the body 

 bright yellow ; under wing-coverts white, with a black spot near 

 the margin of the lower coverts ; biU black. Total length 4-5 

 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2-85, tail 1-75, tarsus 0*75. {Sharpe, I. c.) 



Young. Very different from the adult. It is brown above, with 

 an olive-greenish tinge, the head and face browner. Below it is 

 yellow, duller than in the adult, the throat olive ; wings and tail 

 browner than in the adult, with the same white spotting, but not 

 so pronounced. {Sliarpe, I. c.) 



Hob. Island of Balabac, Philippines {J. B. Steere). 



a. Juv. sk. Balabac. Prof. Steere [C.]. 



16. Parus elegans. 



Parus elegans, Lesson, I'raite d'Oni. p. 456 (1831) ; PucJieran, Rev. 



et May. Zool. 1854, p. 08 ; Bp. C. R. xxxviii. p. 63 ; Bh/th, Ibis, 



1867, p. 34 (note) ; Walden, Tr. Z. S. 1875, p. 199 ; id. P. Z. S. 



1877, pp. 688, 696, 756, & 762, 1878, p. 286 ; Wardlaw Ramsay, 



Orn. Works Tweedd. p. 658 (1881). 

 Parus quadrivittatus, Lafresn. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 129 ; Bp. C. A. 



i. p. 229. 



Adult. Head above, hind neck, part of cheeks, chin, throat, and 

 upper part of breast glossy black ; ear-coverts, region below the eye, 

 sides of neck, and an irregular spot on the centre of the hind neck, 

 the breast, abdomen, under tail-coverts, and thighs lemon or bright 

 yellow, the flanks washed with greenish ; mantle with numerous 



