74 PARIU^. 



Japan. Southwards it extends to Palestine, Asia Minor and 

 ]N"orthern Persia. 



The second group, which \^e may call the Indian cinereus 

 grou]), is to be found through Southern Persia and North Arabia, 

 throughout India and in a loop working North, including Afghan- 

 istan, Syr Daria and Amu Daria in Turkestan, Tianschan and 

 Kashmir. East it is found through Burma and Southern China 

 and the countries South of them. Between these two distinct 

 groups we liave more or less intermediate forms found in Tibet, 

 Northern Shan States, and Central Asia. 



Within Indian limits we have no form approaching the 

 European Parus onajor major group, all our geographical races 

 belonging to the grey cinereus group. 



Key to Subspecies. 



A. No green on back. 



a. Upper and lower plumage dailier ; tail 



black ou inner web with grey edge, and 

 all grey ou outer web. Wing tiO to 

 (38 mm., tail 53 to 61 mm P. m. cinereus, p. 74. 



b. Paler; upper parts a pale clear blue-grey, 



under parts almost white, nuchal patch 



distinct and nearly white. Wing 08 to [p. 70. 



75 mm., tail 52 to 03 mm. P. vi. interineclins, 



c. Upper and lower parts darker, nuchal 



l)atch greyer and inconspicuous. 



a'. Larger; wing 70 to 79 mm., tail 00 [p. 70. 



to 70 mm P. in. kaschinirtensis, 



b. Smaller: wing 03 to 70 mm., tail 52 [p- 77. 



to 03 mm P. m. 2)luno7-uin, 



d. Upper plumage as dark as cwereits ; tail 



black on both webs with narrow 



grey edges. Wing 03 to 74 mm., tail [p. 77. 



51 to 02 mm P. m. mahrattarum. 



B. Some green on upper plumage. 



e. Upper parts and scapulars all olive-green ; 



Aving 60 to 79 mm., tail 00 to 74 mm.. . P. m. tibetanus,]). 78. 

 /. Green confined to extreme upper back; [p. 78. 



wing 61 to 08 mm,, tail 53 to 01 mm. . . P. m. commixtus, 



(51) Parus major cinereus. 



The Indian Gbey Tit. 



Funis cinereus Vieiil., Nouv. Diet, d'llist. Nat., xx, p. 310 (1818) 



(Java). 

 Parus atriceps. Blauf. & Oates, i, p. 46. 



Vernacular names. Eam-ganr/ra (Bang.). 



Description. Forehead, lores, crown, nape, chin, throat, breast, 

 a band on either side the neck connecting the nape with the 

 breast, and a baud down the middle of the abdomen, black; cheeks 



