CYANISTES. 311 



10, Elbeiif, France {Noury: Hanjitt Secboliin Cull. 



Coll.). 



1 1 . Pomeraiiia, lOtli May ( T. Holland). Seebolini Coll. 

 \-2. Pomerania, 13th May (T. If.). Seebohm Coll. 



8. Pomerania, 15tli May (r. 2f.). Seebohm Coll. 



Cyanistes persicus (Blanf.). 



Parus (Cyanistes) persicus, Blanf. Ibis, 1873, p. 89 ; id. East. I'ers, 



p. 230, pi. xvi. lig. 2 (1876). 

 Parus persicus, Guduiv, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 14 (1883). 

 Cyanistes persicus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 3.'i3 (1903). 

 Parus ca3ruleus persicus, Withevby, Ibis, 1903, p. 530. 



Two eggs of the Persian Blue Titmouse resemble those of 

 C. cctruleus. 



2. Dasht-i-Arjan, S.W. Persia (6700 11. F. Witherby, Esq. [P.]. 

 ft.), 9th' April. 



Cyanistes ultramarinus {Bonap.). 



Cyanistes ultramarinus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Viiy. tab. 43. fig. 12 



(1855-63) ; id. J.f. 0. 1856, p. 33, tab. ii. iig. 14; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



iv. p. 334 (1903). 

 Parus ultramarinus, Saloin, Ibis, 1859, p. 310. 

 Parus teneriilie. Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 139, part. (1871) ; Gadoiu, 



Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 14, part. (1883) ; Irby, Orn. Str. Gibr. 



2nd ed. p. 72 (1895) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 06 (1899). 



Eggs of the Ultramarine Titmouse in the Collection are of a 

 regular oval form and devoid of gloss. One is white, marked equally 

 all over with specks and spots of two shades of chestnut-brown, 

 while others are more heavily blotched towards the blunt end. 

 They measure "58 by --IT. 



1. Algeria (0. Salvin). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Morocco, 6th May. Crowley BecLuest. 



Cyanistes teneriflfae {Less.). 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 0.) 



Parus tenoriffiE, Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 139, pjirt. (1871), ix. 



{Suppl.) p. 127 (1895) ; Gadnic, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 14, part. 



( 1883) ; licid, Ibis, 1887, p. 433. 

 Cyanistes teneritlle, Sharpe, Haud-l. iv. p. 334 (1903). 



The eggs of the Canarian Blue Titmouse are of a pointed oval 

 form and devoid of gloss. They are white, speckled and spotted, more 

 thickly at the broad end than elsewhere, with chocolate-brown. In 

 some specimens the smaller half of the egg is almost unmarked. 

 Five specimens measure from "01 to "OO in length, and from •48 to 

 •5 in breadth, 



5. Canary Islands. Capt. Savile G. Reid [P.]. 



6. Teiierife, March {R. Gomez). Crowley Beque.st. 

 4. Tenerife. Crowley Bequest. 



