34 PAEiD.^:. 



op. eit. x\i. p. 446 (1847) ; id. in Grat/s ZovL 3Iisc. p. 83 ; Gray, 

 Cat. Mamm.etc. Xepal pres. Hudf/s. p. 73; id. Gen. B. i. p. 192. 

 vEgithalus modestus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 237, no. o4.']0 (18G9). 



General colour above light oliTc-grecn, ineliuiug to yellowish on 

 the rump ; ■wiug-coverts, quills, and tail duskj' brown, edged with 

 greenish yellow ; forehead more greyish and less olive than the 

 crown and hind neck ; above the eye a faint yellowish streak ; sides 

 of head and all the underparts dingy yellowish, with a faint 

 greenish tinge to the flanks and the lower abdomen ; " bill and feet 

 lead-colour ; iris light brown " (Jerdon). Total length about 

 3-5 inches, culmen 0-35, wing 2-15-2-3, tail 1-3, tarsus 0-6. 



Hub. Himalayas. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Nepal (Hodgson). India Museum. 



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



(Types of P. sericoj^hrys!) 

 e,f. Ad.; g, h. Juv. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



30. Parus rnfescens. 



Parus rufescens, Toimsend, J. A. N. Sc. Philad. vii. p. 190 (1837) ; 



Auduh. Orn. Biogr. iv. p. 371, pi. 353; id. B. Am. ii. p. 158, 



pi. 129; Cassin, N. Am. B. p. 18; Baird, Birds N. A. p. 394; 



ISdat. Cat. Am. B. p. 14, no. 86 ; Cooper, Birds of Califurn. p. 47 ; 



Cones, Key N. Am. B. p. 81 ; id. B. N. West, p. 22 ; Baird, Brew., 



Sf Bidgic. N. A. B. i. p. 104. 

 Pcecila rufesceus, Bp. C. A. i. p. 230 (18-50). 

 Parus sitchensis, Kittlitz {fide Giebel, Th. Orn. iii. p. 32). 



Entire crown of head, hind neck, interscapular region, throat, 

 and fore neck sooty brown ; back, rump, scapulars, and outer 

 margins of some of the wing-coverts brownish chestnut ; wing- 

 coverts and quills blackish grey, with whitish edgiugs to the outer 

 webs ; tail blackish grey, externally slightly lighter ; cheeks, ear- 

 coverts, sides of neck, and breast white, more dull towards the 

 abdomen and the flanks ; sides of breast and flanks chestnut- 

 coloured ; under wing-coverts and internal margins of webs whitish ; 

 bill and feet horny brown. Total length about 4 inches, culmen 

 0-39-0-4, wing 2-3-2-37, taU 1-9-2-0, tarsus 0-62-0-64. 



Hah. Pacific States of North America. 



a. Ad. St. [Alaska.] Purchased. 



b. Ad. sk. West side of Rocky Mountains. J. K. Lord, Esq. [0.1. 



c. Ad. sk. Vancouver Island. J. K. Lord, Esq. [CJ. 



d. e. ^ 2 ^^- sk. Vancouver Island. A. Foner, Esq. [C.]. 



f. c? ad. sk. Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon. A. Ferrer, Esq. [C.]. 



g. Ad. sk. California. Purchased. 



h. Ad. sk. California. Lord Walsingham [P.]. 



31. Parus hudsonicus. 



Parus hudsonicus, Forster, Phil. Trans. 1772, pp. 38.3, 4-30 ; Penn. 

 Ai-ctic Zvol. p. 425 ; Bmn. S,- Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 509 ; Avduh. 

 Orn. Biog. ii. p. 543, pi. 194; id. B. Am, ii. p. 155, pi. 128; 

 Cassin, N. A. B. p. 18 ; Baird, B, 2f, Am. p. 395 ; id. Review, 



