312 TARID^. 



Cyanistes cyanus {Pall.). 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 5.) 



Parus cyanus, Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 143 (1872) ; Gadow, Cat. Birds 



B. M. viii. p. 10 (1883). 

 Cyanistes cyanus, Tacz. Fauna Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 432 (1891) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-'l. iv. p. 334 (1903). 



Two eggs of the Azure Titmouse are like those of C. caruleus, 

 but the one from the Altai Mountains has a peculiarly glossy 

 shell. 



1. Dauria, Siberia (Di/bowski), Crowley Bequest. 



1. Altai Mountains. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus .fflGITHALISCUS, Cab. 



.ffigithaliscus erythrocephalus ( Vig.). 



(Plate XIV. fig. 11.) 



Aeredula erythrocepbala, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. yiii. p. 66 (1883) ; 



Nehrk.'Xat. Eiersamml. p. 07 (1899). 

 Tillgithaliscus erythrocephalus, Oates, Fauna Brit, Iiid., Birds, i. p. 60 



(1889) ; Oates ed. Hmne, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 36 (1889) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 335 (1903). 



The eggs of the Eed-headed Titmouse are of a blunt oval form 

 and with scarcelj' any gloss. The ground is pinkish or creamy white, 

 and the markings are almost entirely confined to a conspicuous and 

 well-defined zone round the larger end of the egg. This zone is 

 composed of a multitude of minute purplish-red specks which are 

 coufiuent in the majority of specimens. A few minute specks of 

 the same colour are scattered over the remainder of the shell. The 

 eggs measure from "53 to '6 in length, and from "43 to -46 in 

 breadth. 



4. Kotgarh, Himalayas. Hume Coll. 

 3. Simla (^. O. if.). Hume Coll. 



2. Simla, April {A. O. H.). Hume CoU. 



5. Simla, May {A. 0. H.). Hume Coll. 



Genus PSALTRIPARUS, Bonap. 

 Psaltriparus minimus {Townsend). 



Psaltriparus minimus, var. minimus, Baird, Brciver S,- Hidgw. N. Amer. 



Birds, i. p. 109 (1874) ; Sharim, Hand-l. iv. p. 336 (1903). 

 Aeredula minima, Gadoiv, Cat. Birds B. Al. viii. p. 56 (1883) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 67 (1899). 



The egg of the Bush-Titmouse in the Collection is of a regular 

 oval shape, glossless and plain white. It measures -56 by -42. 



1. North America {Smiths. Inst.). Sulvin-Godman Coll. 



