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evidently abundant in that country, where Riippell procured 

 the type of his Par us dorsatus. Lord Lovat obtained a speci- 

 men at Burka, 9° N. lat. 



Von Heuglin mentions the species as inhabiting Shoa, the 

 mountains of Galaland, Bergemeder, Wogara and Semien, and 

 abundant in northern Abyssinia upwards from 6,000 feet, 

 generally in pairs on the plateaus and mountain slopes. Its 

 note he likens to that of the Great Tit, and lie found it feeding 

 on insects and seeds of all kinds. Mr. Blanford writes : 

 " Occasionally seen about Senafe and Adigrat, but not very 

 common." He ]3rocured a specimen at Agula in Tigre, and 

 Mr. Jesse one at Goon-Goona. 



Parus funereus. 



Parus funereus (Verr.), Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 480 Gold Coast; Bouvier, 



Cat. Ois. Marche, &c, p. 16 (1875) Gaboon ; Gadow, Cat. B. M. 



viii. p. 9 (1883) ; Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 114 (1896) ; Beichen. J. f. O. 



1896, p. 39 Camaroons. 

 Parus nigricinereus, Jackson, Bull. B. O. C. viii. p. 22 (1898) Nandi ; id. 



Ibis, 1899, p. 638, pi. 13. 



Adidt Male. General plumage black, washed with grey on back of neck, 

 back, and edges of the feathers of the wings and tail ; throat, front and 

 centre of chest jet black ; remainder of the under parts, including the under 

 wing-coverts, slaty grey; inner margins of quills ashy white. " Bill black; 

 iris crimson orange; feet horn blue " (Jackson). Total length 5'4 inches, 

 culmen 0'45, wing 335, tail 2-35, tarsus 0'75. Gaboon (type). 



Adult Female. Differs from the adult male in having the throat and 

 entire under surface of the body uniform deep grey, and two of the median 

 wing-coverts with white terminal spots. Iris crimson brown. Nandi, 

 10. 4. 98 (Jackson). 



Immature. Differs from the adults in having the edges of the feathers of 

 crown, back of neck, cheek and throat strongly mottled with deep grey ; 

 crop and centre of breast dusky black ; white terminal spots to most of the 

 outer median and greater coverts. Bill black, gape pale yellow ; iris brown. 

 Nandi, ? <?, 10. 4. 98 (Jackson). 



