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Nilghiri Hills, 9tli Feb. 

 Nilghiri Hills, April. 

 Nilg-hiri Hills, lOth April. 

 Xilg-hiri Hills, 4tli June. 

 Kotagherrv, Nilghiri Hills, 17th 

 ^ Jan. (Miss Cuckburn). 

 Kotagherry, 17th Feb. {Miss 



Cockburn). 

 Kotagherry, 6th March (Miss 



Cockburn) . 

 Kotagherry, 8th April [Miss 



Cockburn). 

 Curzou, Nilghiri Hills, 8th May. 

 Coonoor, Nilghiri Hills. 

 Coouoor, 12th iMay. 

 Ootacamimd, Nilghiri Hills, 4th 



April. 

 Ceylon, May {A. L. Butler). 

 Foochow, China, 30th March. 



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C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.J. 



Parus bokhariensis, Lkht. 



Parus boccharensis, Gadow, Cat. Birch B. M. viii. p. 16 (1883). 

 Parus bokhareusis, Dresser, Birds Eur. ix. (Suppl.) p. 119 (1895). 

 Parus bokhariensis, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 329 (1903). 



Two eggs of the Bokhara Grey Titmouse are of a rather long, 

 pointed oval form. The ground-colour is white, with light red and 

 lavender dots and spots scattered pretty thickly over the whole 

 shell. They measure respectively -71 by -5 and •74 by -51. 



Kuldja, Turkestan (Nehrkorn 

 Coll.). 



Crowley Bequest. 



Parus monticola, Vigors. 



(Plate XIV. fig. 3.) 



Parus monticolus, Gadoio, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 320 (1883). 



Parus monticola, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds i. p. 49 (1889) ; id. ed. 



Hume, Nests Sf Eyys Ind. Birds, i. p. 35 (1889) : Sharpe, Kand-l. 



IV. p. 329 (1903). ^ " ^ ' 



The eggs of the Green-backed Titmouse are very similar to those 

 of the Indian Grey Titmouse. The markings, however, are of a 

 inuch richer colour, being of a deep reddish-brown or purplish-red. 

 ypecimens measure from -i'A to -75 in length, and from -5 to •'o\ in 

 breadth. 



3. Himalayas. 



1. Dharmsala. Himalayas, 28th April. 



3. Simla, April. 



1. Leboug, Sikhim, 14th July. 



4. Mongphoo, Darjiling (■/. Gammie). 



2. Mongphoo, 6th' April (,/. G.). 

 2. Mougphoo, 11th April {J, G.). 



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