26 PARIDiE. 



this, however, is not always the case, as iu some specimens from 

 Ootacamuiid and Travancorc this stripe, although loss bright than 

 in P. maitJior/on/s, extends as far as the nostrils. Total length 

 from o"75-G inches, culmcu 0-5-0"55. 



Wing, 

 in. 

 Adult (S . Ootacamund .... 3-15 



Adult S • Travancore 3'0 



Adult 2 ■ Travancore 2-8 



Adult 2-9 



Tail. 



in. 



2-5 



2-3 



2-2 



2-25 



Tarsus, 

 iu. 

 0-8 

 0-78 

 0-78 

 0-78 



Hab. Southern and Central India. 



°-k 



c. Juv. 



d. [c?l 



f, 9- d 



c? ] ad. ; b. Juv. S. India. 



ad. sk. 

 ad. sk. 

 ? ad. sk. 



ad sk. 



h. [6] 



i, k. (S ad. sk. 



Madras. 



Western Ghats. 

 Saugor ( W. T. Hoopei-). 

 My nail, Travancore, Nov. 



12, 1878. 

 Ootacamimd, April 26, 



1867. 

 Coouoor, Nilghiries, Nov. 



10,1881. 



Purchased. 



T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 

 Gould Collection. 

 India Museum. 

 F. W. Boui-dillon, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 Gould Collection. 



W. Davison, Esq. [P.]. 



19. Parus spilonotus. 



Parus xanthogenys, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xvi. p. 445 (nee Vigors) ; 



Bjy. C. A. i. p. 228. 

 Parus spilinotus, Blyth, Cat. B. Miis. As. Soc. p. 103 ; id. in Jard. 



Contr. Orn. p. 49, fig. 2 ; Horsf. Sf Moore, Cat. B. M. E.I. Co. i. 



p. 371. 

 Machlolophus spilonotus, Cah. Mus. Hein. i. p. 91 (1860) ; Gould, B. 



Asia, pt. ix. pi. 15 ; Blyth Sj- Walden, B. Burm. p. 112 ; Hume 



Sf Davison, Str. F. 1878, p. 377. 

 Parus subviridis, Tickell, J. A. S. Beng. xxiv. p. 267, xxviii. p. 413. 

 Machlolophus spilinotus, Jerdon, B. Ind. ii. p. 281 (1863). 

 Machlolophus subviridis, Blyth Sf Walden, B. Burm. p. 112 (1875). 



Intermediate in size between P. xantliogenys and P. jerdoni, but 

 much brighter coloured than the former. Mantle with broad black 

 longitudinal spots, the yellowish-green colour being restricted to the 

 centre and to the tips of the feathers ; lower back olive-green or 

 olive-grey ; crest very long, some of the feathers broadly tipped with 

 bright yellow ; the occiput, part of the hind neck, the lores, the 

 region in front of and all round the eye, a broad superciliary stripe, 

 cheeks, ear-coverts, and sides of neck bright yellow ; bill black ; 

 feet plumbeous ; iris light brown. Total length (adult male from 

 Nepal) about 5-5 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 2-8, tail 2-15, tarsus 

 0-72. 



Hub. Eastern Nepal, Bootan, and Assam, extending into Tcnas- 

 serim. 



