88 PASSERES. 



from Yokohama, and Mr. Riiifjcr has obtained it at Nagasaki, whence 

 he lias sent examples to the Norwicli ^Museum. 



A single example has been recorded from the Corea (Taczanowski, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1887, p. COi), Mhere it may possibly be only an 

 occasional winter visitor. 



The sui)posed intergradation of Acredula caudata and Acrednla 

 rosea has frequently been recorded in Hesse (Bcrlcpsch, Journ. 

 Orn. 1880, p. 218) and other parts of West Germany (Taubcr, 

 Journ. Orn. 1880, p. 421); but it has not been suggested 

 that Acredula caudata intergrades with Acredula trivirgata. On 

 the other hand, the dark markings on the lores are often found in 

 British examples, and are often very obscure in Japanese examples, 

 so that Acredula rosea and Acredula trivirgata may possibly 

 interffrade. In Central Siberia there is so much white on the 

 tertials and on the outer webs of the secondaries, and the length 

 of the tail is so great, that it is difficult to avoid recognizing an 

 Acredula caudata sibirica. 



56. iEGITHALUS CONSOBRINUS. 

 (SWINHOE'S PENDULINE TIT.) 



JEffithalua cousobrinus, Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. 1.33. 



Swinhoe's Penduline Tit has a grey crown, with a rufous band 

 round the nape and a black baud across the forehead, which extends 

 through the eye and across the ear-coverts. 



Figures : Gould, Birds of Asia, ii. pi. 70. 



Swinhoe's Penduline Tit is a resident at Nagasaki, whence I have 

 seen two males and two females collected by Mr. Ringer. I am 

 indebted to Captain Blakiston for having one of the former in my 

 collection (Scebohm, Ibis, 1881, p. 37), and to Mr. Ringer for one of 

 the latter. The type from Central China is also in the Swinhoe 

 collection. Having seen five examples of this rare bird, it appears 

 to me impossible not to recognize its apparent distinctness, a con- 

 clusion to which Dr. Stcjneger has also arrived (Proc. United States 

 Nat. Mus. 1880, {). 389;. It is, however, very probable that it may 

 eventually be |)rovc(l to be the female of the western species, or be 

 degraded to subspecific rank. 



The great variability of this species and the close resemblance of 



