1. PARUS. 27 



a. Ad. St. Nepal. J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. 



h. [c?] ad. sk. Nepal. B. II. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



c. Imm. sk. i Nepal. Gould Collectiou. 



rf. [ d' ] ad sk. Nepal. Gould Collection. 



^^h9- [ c? ] ad. sk. Nepal (5. H. Hodr/son). India Museum. 



A. Ad. sk. Tenasserim (r«cA:(?«). Gould Collection. 



20. Parus cristatus. 

 Parus cristatus, Linn. Faun. Stiec. p. 97 (17G1) ; Beseke, Yog. 



Kurlands, no. 191 ; Bechst. Vog. Beutschl. iv. p. 7.38 ; Itetziiis 



Faun. Suec. p. 2G8 ; Kock, Sgst. baier. Zool. p. 207 ; Temm. Man. 



d'Orn. p. 290; MotLV, Orn. Provenq. p. 192, pi. 121 ; Ball. Zoogr. 



Ross.-As. i. p. 5.5.5; Nilssoti, Skandin. Faun. i. p. 336 (1835) i. 



p. 413 (18.58); Begland Sf Gerhe, Orn. Eur. i. p. 563; Schlnz, 



Europ. Faun. p. 218; Selys-Longch. Fatine Beige, p. 105; Bp. 



Consp. i. p. 228 ; Nanyro, Cat. Av. Galic, Mem. E. Acad. Madrid 



1850, p. 106 ; Sunder. Svensk. Fogl. pi. 16. fig. 2 ; Wrii/M, Fiid. 



Fogl.i.^. 177; Keulemans, Onze Vog. pi. 13; Holland. 'Wirhelth. 



Pommerns, p. 60; Sunder. Av. Meth. Tent. p. 17; Neivton, ed. 



Yarr. Br. B. p. 499 ; Danford ^- Broicn, Ibis, 1875, p. 304 ; 



Booth, Bough Notes, pt. ii. pi. 

 Crested Titmouse, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. ii. p. .545 ; Penn. Arctic 



Zool. p. 427. 

 Lophopbanes cristatus, Kaup, Katiirl. Syst. p. 92 (1829); Cab. Miis. 



Ilein. i. p. 90; Salvad. Faun. Ital. ii. p. /O; Dress. B. Eur. iii. 



pi. 115 ; Mahn, Fauna, p. 182 ; Giglioli, Ibis, 1881, p. 195. 

 Parus niitratus, Brehm, Viig. Beutschl. p. 467 (1831). 



General colour above greyish oHve-broAFn, with a slight rufous or 

 ochraceous tinge on the rump : wing-coverts, quills, and tail greyish 

 brown ; quills internally edged with whitish ; crown of head of a 

 mottled black and white appearance, all the feathers of the head 

 being black at their bases and more or less broadly edged and tipped 

 with white, the result of this being that on the occiput the black is 

 the more prevailing colour ; the occipital feathers are much elon- 

 gated and form a rather high crest ; nasal region, ear-coverts, and 

 greater part of the sides of the neck white, these white parts beino' 

 crossed by several black lines ; a narrow black streak runnino- from 

 the loral region through and behind the eye, then forming an an"-le 

 on the hinder margin of the ear-coverts ; chin, throat, and fore neck 

 sooty black, this colour extending as a narrow band round the neck 

 behind the white parts, and meeting on the nape -with that of the 

 other side ; breast, centre of belly, axillaries, and under tail-coverts 

 dull A\hite ; flanks and rest of underparts washed with fulvous • 

 bill black ; feet lead-colour ; iris brown. 



There is no difference between the two sexes in coloration. 

 Yointg birds have the crest somewhat shorter. 



This bird is subject to great variation in size. Total length more 

 than 4 inches. 



CukaeD. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 



in. iu. in. in 



cJ. Wermland. .. . 0-47 2-15 1-85 0-72 



d. Berlin 0-5 2-50 2-12 0-75 



2 . Gibraltar 044 2-4o 2-05 0-68 



