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a. Ad. st. California. Purchased. 



b. Ad. sk. California. Purchased. 



c. cJ ad. sk. Colorado Valley, California. A. Forrer, Esq. [C.]. 



d. e. Ad. sk. Western N. America. Pui-chased. 



28. Paras dichrous. 



Parus dichrous, Ilodi/s. in Grm/s Zool. Misc. (1844), p. 83; id. 



J. A. S. Bemj. xiii. p. 943 ; id. Ann. N. H. xv. p. 326 ; Gray, Cat. 



Mamm. etc. Nepal pres. Hodf/s. p. 73; id. Gen. B. i. p. 192; Blylh, 



Cut. B. Mtis. As. Soc. p. 104 "; Bp. C. A. i. p. 228 ; B/i/th in Jardim 



Contr. Orn. 1851, p. ol ; Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. M. E.I. Co. 



i. p. 372 ; Gould, B. Asia, pt. si.;A. David, N. Arch. Mus., Bull. 



Til., Cat. Ois. no. 210 (1870). 

 Lophophanes dichrous, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 273 (1863). 

 Lophophaues dichroides, Prjev. in Dawson Roivley''s Orn. Misc. pt. at., 



B. ofMomjul. p. 189 (1877) ; David et Oustal. Ois. Chine, p. 284. 



Adult. Above uniform dull brownish grey with an indistinct olive 

 tint ; crown with a long and somewhat reciu'ved crest of the same 

 colour ; forehead and sides of head dirtj' creamy white ; behind 

 the ear-coverts a band of creamy or whitish colour on the sides of 

 the neck ; all the underparts, including the under wing-coverts, 

 pale ochraceous, slightly washed with greyish on the flanks and on 

 the throat ; " bill dusky bluish ; feet plumbeous ; iris brick-red " 

 (Jerdon). Total length about 4-5 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2-8, 

 tail 2, tarsus 0-8. 



Hab. The Brown-crested Tit is a rather rare bird, although its 

 range is a very wide one ; it is found throughout the Himalayas 

 from Cashmere eastwards, and, again, in the hilly parts of Kansu 

 and Moupin (Prjcvalsli and David). 



Obs. Prjevalski separated his single specimen obtained in Kansu 

 from P. dichrous under the name of P. dichroides, because of a 

 whitish semicoUar on the sides of the neck. All the specimens, how- 

 ever, from Nepal (which is the real habitat of the typical P. dichrous 

 of Hodgson) have the collar mentioned in the above description. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Between Simla Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill [P.]. 



and Mussoorie. 



i-e. d 2ad. etjuv. N.W.Himalayas. Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill [P.]. 



sk. 



/. S ad. sk. N.W. Himalayas. Capt. Stackhouse Pmwill [P.]. 



g-k. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodsrson, Esq. [P.]. 



(Types of the species.) 



I. Ad. sk. Nepal {Hodgson). India' Museum, 



m. [cJ] ad. sk. Dai-jiling. W. Fotheringham, Esq. [P.]. 



29. Parns modestus. 



Sylviparus modestus, Burton, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 154 ; Blyth, Cat. B. 

 Mus. As. Soc. p. 104 ; Bp. C. A. i. p. 333 (1850) ; Blyth, in Jard. 

 Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 51 ; Horsf. 8,- Mowe, Cat. B. M. B.I. Co. i. 

 p. 373 ; Jerdon, B. Ind. ii. p. 207; Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 362; 

 David f Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 277. 

 Paius sericophiys, Hodgs, J. A, S. Beng. xiii. p. 942 (1844), Blyth, 

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