Manchester Memoirs, Vol. I. (1906), No. 13- il 



Parus rufinuchalis. 



Parus riifomichaiis, Blyth, J. A. S. Befig., vol. 18, p. 810 



(1849). 

 Lophophanes rufonuchalis, Jerd., " B. Ind.," vol. 2, p. 273(1863). 

 Lophophanes rufinuchalis., Gates, " Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds," vol. i, 



p. 58 (1889). 

 Parus ( Periparus) rufonuchaiis, Hellmayr, "Tierreich, Paridae," 



p. 75 (1902). 

 Periparus rufinuchalis, Bianchi, An7i. AIus. St. Pitersb., vol. 7, 



p. 246 (1902) ; Sharpe, " Handl. B.," vol. 4, p. 326 (1903). 

 Parus rufonuchalis rufomichalis, Hartert, " Vi'ig. Pal. Fauna," 



vol. I, p. 361 (1905). 



No white tips to the wing-coverts ; breast and abdomen 

 grey ; throat and chest black. Size larger. 



Hab. Russian Turkestan ; Afghanistan ; Mountains of 

 Gilgit, N. Kashmir. 



Parus beavani. 

 Lophophanes beavani, Jerd., " B. Ind.," vol. 2, p. 275 (1863, ex 

 Blyth MSS.) ; Gates, " Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds," vol. r, 

 p. 59 (1889). 

 Periparus btavani, Bianchi, Ann. Mus. St. Petersb., vol. 7, 

 p. 245 (1902) ; Sharpe, " Handl. B.," vol. 4, p. 326 (1903), 

 Parus {Pe?-iparus) rufonuchalis beavani, Hellmayr, "Tierreich, 

 Paridae," p. 75 (1903). 

 Differs from P. rufinuchalis in its smaller size, and in 

 having only the throat black. 



Hab. E. Himalayas, Nepal to Sikhim ; to W. China 

 (Kansu, Kokonor). 



Parus melanolophus. 



Parus melanolophus. Vigors, P.Z.S., vol. i (1830), p. 23 ; 



Hartert, " Vog. Pal. Faun.," part 3, p. 362 (1905). 

 Lophophanes melanolophus, Hume, " Nests and Eggs, Ind. B.," 



p. 403(1874); Gates, "Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds," vol. i, 



p. 57 (1889). 



