306 PAEID.'E. 



spotless; others are minutely speckled all over; and others again are 

 handsomelj' blotched, as well as spotted, at the larger end. They 

 measure from -58 to -7 in length, and from -42 to -5 in breadth. 



9. Co. Waterford, Ireland, 15th May. R. J. Ussher, Esq. [P.]. 



4. England. ' Old Collection. 



2. Norfolk. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 7. Norfolk, 20th May (T. i\o;T/«^<')- Seebohm Coll. 



y. Cookham, Berkshire, 20th May. (Joiild Coll. 



3. Cookham. Gould Coll. 



6. New Forest {H. Satindeis). Seebohm Coll. 



9. Epping Forest, 9th May (O. Scilvm). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



4. Hampstead, London (6.^.). Salvin-Godman CoU. 

 13. Churt, Surrey, June. Crowley Bequest. 



9. Tilford, Surrey. Crowley Bequest. 



10. Tilford. Cowley Bequest. 



Periparus melanolophus {Vig.). 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 1.) 



Parus melanolophus, Gadow, Cat. Birch B. M. viii. p. 28 (1883). _ 

 Lophophanes melanolophus, Oatvs, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 57 



(1889) ; id. ed. Hvnte, Nests S,- Er/r/s Ind. Birds, i. p. 28 (1889). 

 Periparus melanolophus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 326 (1903). 



The eggs of the Crested Black Titmouse are of a regular oval 

 form and very slightly glossy. They are white, speckled and 

 blotched with dull chestnut-brown and underlying pale lavender. 

 The markings are dense at the larger end, and form an imperfect 

 cap at that part. Examples differ much in size, the smallest 

 measuring -58 by -43, and the largest -7 by -52. 



2. Kashmir, June (C. B. Cock: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram. Coll.). 

 1. Kotgarh, N.W. Himalayas, 17th Hume Coll. 



April. 

 1. Kotgarh, 27th April. Hume Coll. 



3. Kotgarh, 14th May. Hume Coll, 



Genus MACHLOLOPHUS, Cal. 



Machlolophxis rex, David. 



(Plate XIV. fig. 2.) 



Machlolophus rex, Bavid ^- Oust. Ois. Cidne, p. 286 (1877) ; La ToucJie, 



Ibis, 1899, p. 402 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 327 (1903). 

 Parus rex, Gado^v, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 367 (1883). 



The e2;gs of the King Titmouse are of a blunt, pointed oval shajie 

 and exhibit a very slight gloss. They are creamy white, very 

 densely speckled and mottled with bright chestnut and lilac. They 

 measure from -67 to -7 in length, and from -51 to -55 in breadth. 



3. Kuatun, N.W. Fohkien, China, C. B. Pickett, Esq. [P.]. 



24th April {J. 1). La Toucht). 

 3. Kuatun (J. B. La T.). C. B. Pickett, Esq. [P.]. 



