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Genus PARDALIPARUS, Sehjs-Longcli. 



Pardaliparus venustulus (SwiuJioe). 



(Plate XIV. fig. 4.) 



Parus venustulus, Oadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 23 (1883) ; La 



Touche, Ihk, 18f)9, p. 401. 

 Pardaliparus venustulus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 328 (1903). 



The e^gs of the White-napcd Titmouse are of a blunt oval form 

 and without gloss. They are white, rather thickly speckled all over 

 with, chestnut and underlying lilac. Three examples measure 

 respectively : -65 by "5 ; -^36 by "5 ; -67 by •49. 



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



1st June (/. D. La Toiiche). 



Genus PARUS, Unn. 



Parus minor, Temm. 6f ScJil. 



Parus minor, Gadotc, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 15 (1883) ; Oates, Fauna 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 48 (1889) ; Tarz. Faune Orn. Siber. Orient. 

 p. 428 (1891); La Touche, Ibis, 1899, p. 401; Nekrk. Eat. 

 Fiersamml. p. 66 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 328 (1903). 



The eggs of the Japauese Grey Titmouse are inseparable from 

 those of P. cinereus described below. 



2. Kuatun, N.W. Fohkien, China, C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 

 21st April (J. D. La Touche). 



4. Kuatun, 2Sth June {J. D. La T.). C. B. Packett, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Amoj , Gh'ma, {R. Swinhoe : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tra^n Coll.). 



2. Amur-land, 18th June (Tancre). Crowley Bequest. 



Parus major, Linn. 



Parus major, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. p. 146, tab. xxviii. fig. 2, a, h 

 (1845-54): Baedeker, Eier' Eur. Vo(j. tab. 43. fig. 9 (1855-63) ; 

 Heicitson, Eygs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 149, pi. xxxix. fig. i (1856) ; 

 Dresser, Birds -Ewr. iii. p. 79 (1871); Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 28; 

 Seebohin, Brit. Birds, i. p. 463, pi. 9 ( 1883) ; Gadow, Cat. Birds 

 B. 3L viii. p. 19 (1883) ; Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 210, pi. 53. 

 fig. 13 (1896) ; Shmpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 328 (1903).. 



The eggs of the Great Titmouse are of a broad oval shape and 

 possess a slight amount of gloss. They are white, marked with 

 specks, spots, and small blotches of two shades of chestnut. In 

 many specimens the markings are evenly distributed over the shell ; 

 in others they are more dense at the large end, where they are 

 often confluent and form a rough zone or cap. A few examples are 

 so feebly marked that they appear, at first sight, to be plain white. 

 They measure from -Go to -8 in length, and from -5 to -55 in 

 breadth. 



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