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legs purplish plumbeous. Total length: c?,3"9 and 4< inches ; 

 ? , 3-8 inches. 



52. Parus minor T. & S. 



Common in North-west Fohkien^ whence we have not 

 as yet procured P. cinereus, a species not uncommon at 

 Foochow. 



A nest-pad. and nine eggs were taken by our collectors at 

 Kuatun on the 2Ist April, 1897. The pad has a foundation 

 of moss, fine grass, and hair, over which are black (pig's ?) 

 bristles and brown fibre mixed with moss. The upper part 

 of the pad is made of animal fur and hair, with two or three 

 downy feathers and a little moss added. The eggs are white, 

 speckled or spotted with two shades of light red. Five of 

 the eggs have large spots, one has specks and large spots, 

 one or two have small spots, and one is very finely speckled. 

 Seven of the eggs average 0*68 X O'SO inch ; the largest of 

 these is 070 x 0-50 inch, the smallest 0'67 x 0-49. Of these 

 seven eggs, four are somewhat pyriform ovate, two are ovate, 

 and one is a long oval. 



53. Parus vbnustulus Swinhoe. 



Common in North-west Fohkien. A nest-pad and three 

 eggs were taken by our collectors at Kuatun on the 1st June, 

 1896. 



Two of the eggs are nearly oval in shape and measure 

 0-66 X 0-50 inch and 0-65 X O'SO inch. They are white, with 

 specks and small spots of a dark shade of " light red " over 

 reddish-lilac spots. One of the eggs has a rough ring round 

 the large end. 



54. Parus pekinensis David. 



While we were at Kuatun, this small Tit was to be met 

 with in pairs in the woods above the village from about 

 4500 feet to nearly 6000 feet. It was, I have no doubt, 

 breeding in a pine-wood near the top of Mount David. Our 

 collectors shot it in winter in a valley near Kuatun. 



In ' Les Oiseaux de la Chine ' mention is made of the 

 extreme tameness of this bird, Pere David saying that even 

 if fired at it will not fly away. I was told a bird-story at 



