312 . l'A|; 



Cyanistes cyanus (Pall.). 



(Plato XIV. fig. 5.) 



Parus cyanus, Dresser, Birds Eur. ui. p. 143 (1872) ; Gadoio, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. viii. p. 10 (] 



istes cyanus, Tacz. Jaime Orn. Sibir. Orient, p. 132 (189] ); Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iv. p. 334 (1903). 



Two eggs of the Azure Titmouse are like those of 0. cceruleus, 

 but the one from the Altai Mountains has a peculiarly glossy 

 shell. 



I. Dauria, Siberia (Dybowski). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Altai Mountains. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus JEGITHALISCUS, Cab. 



iEgithaliscus erythrocephalus ( Vig.). 



(Plate XIV. figfll.) 



Acredula erythrocephala, Gadow, Cat. Birds I!. M. viii. p. 66 (1883); 



Nehi'k. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 07 (1899). 

 ^jlgithaliscus erythrocephalus, Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind.'Birds, i. p. 50 



( L889); Oates ed. Hume, Nests \ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 3G (1889) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 335 (1903). 



The eggs of the Red-headed Titmouse are of a blunt oval form 

 ami with scarcely any gloss. The ground is pinkish or creamy white, 

 and the markings are almost entirely confined to a conspicuous and 

 well-defined zone round the larger end of the egg. This zone is 

 composed of a multitude of minute purplish-red specks which are 

 confluent in the majority of specimens. A few minute specks of 

 the same colour are scattered over the remainder of the shell. The 

 measure from "53 to '6 in length, and from '43 to -40 in 

 l.i eadth. 



I. Kotgarh, Himalayas. Hume Coll. 



0. Simla (A. <>. //.)'. Hume Coll. 

 i'. Simla. April (A. O. II.). Hume ('nil. 

 :,. Simla, .May (A. O. 11.). Hume ('nil. 



Cenus PSALTRIPARUS. Bonuju 

 Psaltriparus minimus (Townsend). 



Psaltriparus minimus, var. minimus, Baird, Brewer A- Ridgw. A'. Avar. 



Birds, i. p. 109 (JJ-7J) ; sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 336 (1903). 

 Acredula minima, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 66(1883); Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 07 (1899). 



The egg of the Bush-Titmouse in the Collection is of a regular 



oval shape, glossless and plain white. Jt measures •<">(> by -42. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



