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PARID.E. 



under surface of the body greyish white ; legs, toes, and 

 chiws, ahnost black. 



The -whole length of the bird about five inches and a half. 

 From the carpal joint to the end of the wing two inches and 

 one quarter : the first feather very short ; the second feather 

 considerably shorter than the third ; the fourth and fifth each 

 a little longer than the third; the fifth the longest in the wing. 



Females differ but little from males except in having 

 more black about the head. 



Young birds, as described by Mr. Blyth, have the irides 

 at first much lighter in colour than those of the old birds ; 

 the top of the head white ; ear coverts dull black ; cheeks, 

 and sides of the neck, mottled with dusky brown ; the black 

 on the back not so pure in colour, and the tail-feathers while 

 growing of variable comparative lengths. 



The vignette below represents the nest of this bird. 



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