44 PAEID^. 



Subspecies /3. Parus rufipectus. 



Parus ater, var. rufipectus (asiatica, Catahyiw), Severtz. Faun. Turk. 



pp. 66, 134 (1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 93. 

 Parus piceiE, Sceertz. J. f. 0. 1873, pp. 346, 373, 1875, p. 172 ; id. 



iStr. F. 1875, p. 423. 



In size and colour like P. ater, vav.2'>e^'inensis ; but tbe underparts 

 show no white. Breast, abdomen, under tail-coverts, and tianka 

 buffish ochraceous, inclining to pale cream-colour towards the upper 

 and central part of the breast. 



cj. Culmen 0-40 inch, wing 2-35, tail 1-65, tarsus 0-70. 



$. „ 0-42 inch, „ 2-34, „ 1-9, „ 0-70. 



Eab. Eastern Turkestan. 



Subspecies y. Parus phaeonotus. 



Parus phaeonotus, Blanf. Ibis, 1873, p. 88 ; id. Fast. Pers. p. 228, pi. 16. 

 fig. 1 (1876). 



Closely allied to P. ater, from which this species differs by its 

 greater size and by the colour of the back. Hind neck, mantle, and 

 entire back olive-brown. The bill much stronger than that of P. 

 ater. Total length about 2-6 inches, culmen 0-4-0-4o, wing 2-6, 

 tail 1*8, tarsus 0'75. 



This Titmouse has hitherto been found only in the oak-forests 

 west of Shiraz, in Soiitheru Persia. 



a. c? ad. sk. Oak forest near Shiraz, June 1870, Sir OHver St. John 

 7000 feet elevation. [C.]. (Type of 



the species.) 



41. Parus ledouci. 

 Parus ledoucii, MaUi. Cat. Ois. Alg. in Mem. de la Soe. d'llist. Nat. 

 de la Moselle, 1842 ; id. Eev. ZooL 1846, p. 45 ; ^;j. C. A. i. p. 229 ; 

 id. Cat. Parzud., Apjjend. p. 18 ; Loche, Cat. Mamm. et Ois. Alg. 

 p. 78 ; id. Fxpl. de TAlg., Ois. p. 298 ; Taczan. J.f. O. 1870, p. 41 ; 

 Gurney, Ibis, 1871, p. 86, pi. 3 ; Dress. B. Fur. iii. pi. 107 ; Dixon, 

 Ibis, 1882, p. 669. 



Adult male. Mantle and back olive-grey ; cheeks, ear-coverts, 

 sides of neck, and breast sulphur-yeUow ; abdomen, flanks, and under 

 tail-coverts dingy yellow. In aU other respects like P. ater. Cul- 

 men 0-4 inch, wing 2-3, tail 1-7, tarsus 0'6. 



Hah. Algeria. 



a. Ad. sk. North Africa. Purchased. 



6. (S ad. sk. Cedar forests, W. of Batna, H. Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 

 May 11, 1882 {Dixon). 



42. Parus atricapillus. 



La M^sange a teste noire de Canada, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 553, pi. 29. 



fig. 1 (1760). 

 Parus atricapiUus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 34 (1766), 

 Parus atricapillus, Pennayit, Arctic Zool. p. 424 (1785) ; Auduh. Orn. 



