1. PARUS. 37 



g. (S ad. sk. Obdorsk, September 4. Dr. Finscb [C.]. 



(moiiltiug). 



h, i. cj ad. sk. Jenesei river, April 1877. H. Seebobm, Esq. [P. 



k. S ad. sk. Krasnoyarsk, Nov. 1878. H. Seebohm, Esq. fP._ 



/. Ad. sk. Lake Baikal {Dybowski). Warsaw Museum [E.] 



m. Ad. st. Siberia. Purchased. 



33. Pams varius. 



Parus varius, Temm. &( ScM. Faun. Jap. p. 71, pi. 35 (1850) ; Bp. 

 C. A. i. p. 229 ; Schleq. Handl. Bierh. p. 350 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. 

 p. 231, no. 3332 ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1879, p. 33 ; Blakist. ^ Pnjir, B. 

 Japan, p. 151. 



Adult. Forehead, loral region, cheeks, ear-coverts, and sides of 

 neck cream-colour ; chin and throat, crown of head and hind neck, 

 with the exception of an irregular white longitudinal spot on the 

 occiput and on the nape, deep black ; upper part of the mantle 

 chestnut or bright red-brown, forming a comparativelj' narrow band 

 between the hind neck and the upper back ; wing-coverts, middle 

 and lower back, upper tail-coverts, tail, and wings uniform bluish 

 grey ; quills internally edged with white ; breast, abdomen, and 

 flanks chestnut-red, more fawn-colour towards the centre of the 

 abdomen and on the tail-coverts ; the black of the throat separated 

 from the upper breast by an irregular cross band, or sometimes by a 

 patch of creamy buff ; axillaries and thighs pale buff, grey at base ; 

 under wing-coverts and edge of wing grey with buff edgings ; biU 

 horn-brown ; feet dark lead-colour. Total length about 5 inches, 

 culmen 0-5, wing 3-10, tail 2-25, tarsus 0-72. 



The fimale is slightly smaller in size, and has the upper parts not 

 quite so brightly coloured as the male. 



Hah. Japan. 



a. Ad. st. Japan. Purchased. 



b. Ad. sk. Japan. C. Maries, Esq. [C.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Japan. J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 



d. e. Ad. sk. Hakodadi. H. Pryer, Esq. [C.]. 



34. Parus castaneiventer. 



Paru8 castaneoveutris, Guuld, P. Z. S. 18G2, p. 280 ; id. B. Asia, 



pt. xvi. 

 Parus castaneiventris, Swiiih. Ibis, 1863, p. 295 ; /(/. P. Z. S. 1871, 



p. 361 ; David ^- Oustal. Ois. Chine, p. 282. 



In the island of Formosa P. varius is represented by a bird closely 

 resembling the former in coloration, but of considerably smaller 

 size. The chestnut-brown band across the hind neck is but little 

 developed ; breast and flanks rich chestnut colour, without the 

 creamy or butt' colour along the centre of the breast and abdomen ; 

 bill bluish black. Total length less than 4 inches, culmen 0*5, 

 wing 2-4, tail 1-55, tarsus 0-6. 



Hab. Confined to the island of Formosa. 

 a. Ad. sk. Formosa. R. Swinhoe, Esq., [C.]. 



