248 PARINA. 
Genus, Parus, Lin. 
Head uncrested ; bill usually stout and moderately short ; tail 
rather short. 
Parus nipalensis, Hodgs. 
645.—P cinereus, Vieill—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. II, 
p- 278; P. cesius, Tick.; Butler, Guzerat ; Stray Feathers, Vol. 
III, p. 491; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 413 ; Swinhoe 
and Barnes, Central India ; Ibis, p. 127. 
THE INDIAN Grey TIT. 
Length, 5:95 ; wing, 28 ; tail, 2°6 ; tarsus, 0°6; bill at front, 0 7. 
Bill black ; irides brown ; legs blackish. 
Head, chin, throat, and breast, and a line along the abdomen, 
black ; large cheek-spot white; plumage above bluish-cinereous ; 
greater-coverts white tipped, forming a conspicuous wing-band ; 
quills dusky-black, edged with pale blue, and the secondaries and 
tertiaries edged white ; beneath albescent, with a tinge of rufes- 
cent-ashy, purer white on the under tail-coverts. 
The Grey Tit occurs sparingly on Mount Aboo, but does not 
descend to the plains beneath. It does not occur in Sind, but is 
common in Southern Afghanistan. It is a common permanent 
resident in the Deccan, breeding from May to August; the nest 
(a mere pad composed of moss, hair, fur and feathers), is placed 
in a hole in a tree, bank, or wall. 
The eggs, five or six in number, are slightly elongated ovals, 
pointed towards one end. The ground color is white, (pinkish 
before they are blown), blotched, spotted, and streaked, more 
especially towards the large end, with red or occasionally pale- 
purple. 
They average about 0°71 inches by about 0 54, 
Parus nuchalis, Jerdon. 
646.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 279; Butler, Guzerat ; 
Stray Feathers, Vol. III, p. 492. 
THE WHITE-WINGED Back TIT. 
Length, 5; wing, 2'8; tail, 2; tarsus, 0°7 ; bill at front, 0-4. 
Bill black ; irides red-brown ; legs plumbeous. 
Above black, with a white nuchal mark; a white band across 
the wing, and the tertiaries broadly margined and tipped with 
white; tail with the outer feathers nearly white, the next with 
the outer web only, and the third with the outer web white only 
at its base and tip; cheeks, sides of neck, sides of breast, belly, 
and under tail-coverts, white, with a black mesial stripe from the 
throat to the vent. 
The White-winged Black Tit has been obtained from Cutch 
and the vicinity of Deesa. It appears to be very locally 
distributed. 
