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28. Parus palusthis brevirostris. Short-billed Marsh- 

 Tit. 



a. ? . Khingan Mts., 3900 ft. April 29, 1908. 



b. (S. „ „ 3700 ft. May 2, 1908. 

 Iris dark brown; feet greyish-black; bill blackish. 

 Compared with the others, two of ray birds have slightly 



browner backs, and a faint metallic or steely sheen on the 

 black part of their heads. Their bills are decidedly short 

 and thick, and their wing-feathers are distinctly margined 

 with greyish-white. Sir Evan James's bird, from Chang- 

 tsai-Liiig, is still browner and, if anything, the bill is even 

 more abrupt. I have therefore referred it to Taczanowski's 

 crassirosiris, but the difference between these two races seems 

 to me to be very slight. 



29. Parus palustris crassirostris. Great-billed Marsh- 

 Tit. 



a. S ?. Chang-tsai-Ling, 80 miles E. of Kirin. Nov. 188G. 



The measurements are : wing 2*5 in. ; tail 2*7 in. 



30. SiTTA AMURENSis. Amur Nuthatch. 



a. S • Lao-sung Ling. 1886. [E. J.) 



b, c, d. $ and ? ?. Lao-sung Ling. 1886. 



Sir Evan James writes (Oct. 31) : " We then crossed the 

 top of the ridge called Lao-sung Ling, 1400 feet elevation, 

 and descended into the vale of Tumen."' This pass is about 

 forty-five miles south of Ningnta. 



31. MoTAciLLA LUGUBRis LEucopsis. Whitc-faccd Wag- 

 tail. 



Tacz. p. 366 ; Dresser^ p. 198. 



a,b. ^ S ' Khingan Mts., alt. 3500 ft. June 3 and 4, 

 1908. 



Iris very dark brown ; feet and bill black. 



32. MoTAciLLA ALBA BAicALENsis. Siberian White Wag- 

 tail. 



Tacz. p. 361 ; Dresser, p. 201 ; Hart. p. 304. 



