58 PARID^. 



pure white ; mantle and scapulars dark slaty blue ; quills and tail- 

 feathers blackish brown, externally edged with bluish gre_v ; outer 

 pair of tail-feathers broadly edged and tipped witli white ; bill black, 

 feet tleshy yellow ; " iris yellow '' {SwinJiOf). Length of culmeu 0*3, 

 wing 1-8-i-!). tail 1-9-2," tarsus Q-G. 



The ijounii bird has the quills externally broadly edged with rusty 

 red ; general colour below whitish, strongly washed with fulvous. 



Hub. China. 



fl. Ad. sk. Tingchow, Dec. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Tingchow, Aug. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.J. 



c. cJ ad. sk. Tingchow, Oct. Gould Collection. 



{li. Swinhoe). 

 0. Ad. sk. Chusau, Feb. Gould Collection. (Type 



of species.) 

 e,f. (S ad. sk. Chekiaug. Purchased. 



5. Acredula jouschistos. 



Parus jouschistos, Hodgs. in Gnn/.^ Z„ol. Misc. p. 83 (1844) ; id. J. A. 



S. Beiig. xiii. p. 943 ; id. Ann. S,- Mtn/. X. H. xv. p. 326 ; Graij, Cut. 



Mamm.etc. Nepal pres. Hodgs.T^. 73; id. Gen. B.\. p. 192; Bh/ih, 



Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 104 ; id. in Jard. Contr. Orn. 1851, p. ol. 

 jEgithaliscus jouschistos, Cab. Mns. Hein. i. p. 90 (1850) ; Jerdun, B. 



Ind. ii. p. 271. 

 Orites jouschistos, Horsf. S)- Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. i. p. 375 



(1854). 

 ^Egithalus jouchistos, Grai/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 237, no. 3432. 



Adult. Crown of head jet-black, except a broad band of fawn- 

 colour, which extends from the nasal plumes over the centre of the 

 crown to the nape ; sides of head, including the eax'-coverts, the sides 

 of the neck, and the under wing-coverts pale fawn-colour ; chin and 

 throat greyish white ; all the rest of underparts deep reddish fawn 

 or rufescent ; general colour above ashy, with a more or less pro- 

 noimced olive tinge ; upper part of mantle and the rump inclining 

 to fulvous ; wing-coverts like back ; quills and tail dark brown 

 with grey edgings ; most of the tail-feathers tipped with dull white. 

 Bill black ; feet tleshy yellow ; iris brown. Sexes alike in plumage. 

 Total length a little above 4 inches, culmen 0-34, wing 2-2, tail 2, 

 tarsus O'Ho. 



Hah. Central and Eastern Himalayas. 



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



(Types of species.) 



c. Ad. sk. Nepal (Hodgson'). India Museum. 



d. Ad. sk. Darjiliug. W. Fotheringham, Esq. [P.]. 

 e,f. Ad. sk. Bhootau (Femberfon). India Museum. 



6. Acrednla niveogularis. 



Orites ? niveogularis. Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 140 (ex Gould. MSS.). 

 Acantliipaius niveogularis, Gould, B. Asia, pt. vii. (1855). 

 ^Egithaliscus niveogularis, Jcrd. B. Ind. ii. p. 272 (18(33). 

 .i^gitbalus niveogularis, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 237, no. 3431 (1869). 



