1. I'ARfS. 



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black on the abdomen is not developed ; tlauks, sides of breast, and 

 abdomen dull yellow. 



In order to compare this species with the so-called P. haplonotus, 

 I here give the measurements of a series of specimens : — 



Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 



in. in. in. 



Adult. Nepal 2o 2-05 07 



Adult. Nepal ±7 2-1.5 0-75 



Adult. N.W. Ilimulavas. . . . 2-6.5 2-0 07 



Adult ". 2-7 2-1 0-67 



Adult 2-76 2-15 0-76 



Adult c5'. N.W.Himalayas.. 2-9.5 2-25 0-75 



Total length about 5-5 inches, culmen 0-46-0-52. 

 Hah. X.W. Himalayas to Nepal. 



a,h. c? 2 ad. sk. N.W. Ilimalavas. Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill 



[P-]- 

 f. [ cJ ] ad. sk. N.A\ . Ilimalava.s. Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill 



[P.]. 



d. (S ad. sk. Simla, July 1866 Gould Collection. 



(Beavan). 



e. 5 ad.sk. Murree, August 1878. Colonel AVay [P.]. 



f. [6'] ad. sk. Mussoorie. E. W. Gates, Esq. 



'g. "(S ad.; /;. Juv. sk. Behar. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



'i. Ad. St. Nepal. R. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.J. 



k. (S ad. .sk. Nepal {B. H. Hodgson). India Museum. 



!,m. c? 2 ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P. 



n,o. S 2 ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P. 



;). Juv. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P. 



q, r, s. Ad. .sk. India. Purchased. 



t. Skeleton. India. Purchased. 



Subspecies a. Parus haplonotus. 



Parus xanthogenys, Jerd. {jiec fig.) Madr. Journ. xi. p. 7 ; BIyih, 



J. A. S. Beng. xi. p. .59. 

 Parus aplonotus, Blgth, J. A. S. Beng. xvi. p. 44. 

 Parus jerdoni, Bli/th, J. A. S. Beng. xxv. p. 44-5; Gotdd, B. Asia, 



pt. ix. 

 Machlolophus jerdoni, Jerdon, B. Ind. ii. p. 280 (1863) ; Ball, Sir. 



F. 1874, p. 417 : Butler, Sir. F. 1875. p. 492 ; Hume, Sir. F. 1876, 



p. 260: Fairhanh, Str. F. 1877, p. 407. 

 Machlolophus aplonotus, Hume, Sir. F. 1878, vol. ii. p. 405, 1879, 



p. 105. 



P. .rantliorienys is replaced, southwards of its range, by a larger 

 and less brightly coloured race. The general colour above is oUve- 

 grey, darker than it is as a rule in P. .vantJior/cni/s ; the tips of the 

 greater and median wing-coverts are pure white, never yellow 

 (yellowish in immature birds) ; the yellow of the head and on the 

 sides of the neck and breast is pale -. the flanks and part of the 

 abdomen are greenish yellow, sometimes with a strong tinge of 

 grey. Jerdon mentions, as another difference, that in P. jerdoni the 

 yellow supercihary . stripe is not continued forward over the eye; 



