30 PARID^, 



black colour does not extend so far down on the throat, and the 

 general colour above is darker, the blue tinge of the grey being more 

 pronounced. We do not consider these dLffereuccs sufficient for 

 specific distinction. 



a. P. rufomicJuilis, 



Major Biddulph [P. 

 Major Biddidph [P. 



Major Biddulph [P.]. 



E. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 

 India Museum. 

 J. Goidd, Esq. 

 J. Gould, Esq. 



B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 

 India Museum. 

 W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 

 W. Fotheringliam, Esq. 

 [P.]. 

 g. Ad. sk. Khasia hills (Jerdon). Gould Collection. 



23. Parus rubidiventer. 



Parus melanolophus, Hodgs. {nee Tig.) in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 83 



(1844) ; Crray, Cat. Mamni. etc. Nepal ^ires. Hodgs. p. 73. 

 Parus iiibidiveutris, Bhjth, J. A. S. Beng. xvi. p. 44o (1847) ; id. 



Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 104 ; id. in Jard. Contr. Orn. p. 50, 



f. 1 (1851) ; Gray, Gen. B. iii. App. p. 9 ; Bp. C. A. i. p. 228 ; Horsf. 



4- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. i. p. 372 ; Goidd, B. Asia, pt. xi. ; 



Gray, Haml-I. B. i. p. 2.3-3, no. 3377. 

 Machlolophus rubidiveutris, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 91 (1850). 

 Lophophanes rubidiventiis, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 274 (1863) ; Przew. 



in Daioson Eoideys Orn. Misc. ii. p. 190, sp. 88 ; David S,- Oustal. 



Ois. Chine, p. 284. 



Adult male. Above pale olive-grey, rump and the upper tail- 

 coverts washed ■with sandy buff; wings, tail, and wing-coverts 

 uniformly ashy grey, with no spots whatever ; head much like that 

 of P. melanolophus ; breast, abdomen, flanks, under wing- and under 

 tail-coverts buff, with a greyish tint ; throat dull black, never so 

 dark as in P. melanolojyhus. Total length less than 5 inches, cul- 

 men 0-43, wing 2-45-2-55, tail 1-8, tarsus O'To. 



Obs. One might perhaps suppose that this bird is the female of 

 P. i~ufonuchalis; but in the British Museum are specimens which were 

 distinctly marked as males, and show the colours above described. 



Hab. Nepal ; Kansu ? (cf. David & Oust. 1. c). 



a, b, c. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



d. d ad. sk. N. W. Himalayas. Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill 



[P.]. 



e. Ad. sk. N.W. Himalavas. Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill 



P«]. 



