506 Mr. H. F. Witherby on Birds from the 



Compared with examples of typical P. lugubris these 

 specimens are shorter in the bill and tail. They measure: — 

 tail 53-54 mm. against 60-63 in typical specimens ; bill 

 (from nostril to tip) 7 mm. against 9 mm. in typical speci- 

 mens. The rust-colour of the stomach (cf. Orn. Monatsb. 

 1905, p. 76, & Vog. pal. F. p. 369) is not present in these 

 examples. 



PaRUS CffiRULEUS CffiRULEUS L. [*B. 231.] 



Two males and three females, February and March, S. 

 coast, Caspian Sea. 



S . April 6, Elburz Mts. (north side, alt. 5000 ft.) 



" Seen throughout the forests both on the plain and on 

 the hills."— R. B. W. 



Although in some of these specimens the yellow of the 

 under side is rather dull, I think they must certainly be 

 referred to the typical form and not to P. c. persicus, which 

 seems confined, like P. m. blanfordi, to the Plateau. 



ACREUULA CAUDATA TEPHRONOTA GUuthei'. [B. 231. 



W. 1903, p. 529 ; 1907, p. 94.] 



? . Feb. 16, ■) . 



yr i nc r S. coast, Caspian bea. 

 <$ . March 28, J r 



" Not uncommon all along the south coast of the Caspian 

 and upon the forest-clad hills on the north side of the Elburz. 

 The remains of a new nest were seen on March 26th/' — 

 R. B. W. 



These examples agree exactly with the type of the species. 



Anthoscopus macron yx (Severz.). 



? ? . March 16, "1 n • e 



> S. coast, Caspian bea. 



<J . May 20, J L 



" A few of these little Tits were seen at Ferahabad in a 

 dense reed-bed, where they were very busy among the bottoms 

 of the reeds. I saw them only here and once again in the 

 reeds of the lagoon at Resht." — R. B. W. 



The male is rather small in the wing, measuring 54 mm. 

 as compared to 59 and 57 in specimens from Syr-Darya, 

 58 in one from Gjaz, and 56 in another from N.W. Turk- 

 estan. The females measure 52 and 53 mm. The male is 



