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{Lepiis nigricollis)., mixed with feathers, aud contained six eggs, 

 white spotted with rusty red. 



Tlic next species differs remarkably in its mode of coloration, 

 and in this respect approaches the African black Tits, formed into 

 the genus Melaniparus, Bonap. 



646. Par US nuchalis, Jkrdon. 



2nd. Suppl. Cat. 129 bis— Jerdon, 111. Ind. Orn. pi. 46— 

 Nulla patsa jitta, Tel. 



The White-winged Black Tit. 



Descr. — Above black, with a white nuchal mark; a white band 

 across the wing, and the tertiaries broadly margined and tipped 

 with white ; tail with the outer feathers nearly white, the next 

 with the outer web only, and the third Avith the outer web Avhite 

 only at its base and tip ; cheeks, sides of neck, sides of breast, 

 and belly, and under tail-coverts, white, with a black mesial stripe 

 from the throat to vent. 



Bill black; legs plumbeous; irides red brown. Length 5 inches; 

 wing 2/^j ; tail 2 ; tarsus y^^ ; bill at front y^j. 



I obtained this Avell-marked species of Tit from the Eastern 

 Ghats, west of Nellore. The Shikarees who brought it to me said 

 that it Avas very rare. It has since been obtained by Dr. Stewart 

 from a tope of trees near Bangalore, so that it probably will here- 

 after be found in suitable localities on the Southern portion of the 

 great Table-land. 



We lastly arrive at a group of black and yellow crested Tits. 

 Three species from India have been determined, which were all 

 formerly referred to P. xantltogcnys ; and there is another in 

 Burmah. 



Gen. IMachlolophus, Cabanis. 

 Char. — Structure typical; plumage much mixed with yellow 

 and green ; head crested. Peculiar to the Indian region. 



647. Machlolophus xanthogenys, Vigors. 



Parus, apud Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831 — Gould, Cent. Him. Birds 

 pi. 29 f. 1 — Gould, Birds of Asia, pt. IX pi. 14 — Blyth, Cat. 

 538— HoRSF., Cat. 597— P. aplonotus, Bltth,J. A. S. XVI. 444. 



