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insects, many seeds and fruits and in times of stress practically 
anything that comes to hand. A meaty bone is a tempting bait 
to them as is a split cocoa-nut hung in a tree near their haunts. 
They are essentially arboreal in their habits but occasionally 
descend to the ground after insects. Their note is a rather shrill 
whistle and their flight rather feeble and dipping. They are 
resident birds almost wherever found, moving about to some 
extent according to the seasons. 
(52) Parus major intermedius. 
THe AFGHAN Grey-TIT. 
Parus bocharensis var, intermedius Sarudny, Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. 
Moscow, (No. 3), vol. iii, p. 789 (1890) (S.W. Transcaspia). 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. A very pale race, the upper parts a clear blue- 
grey, the under parts almost pure white with very little tinge of 
vinaceous; the nuchal patch is white and conspicuous and the 
grey of the tail pale and extensive. 
Colours of soft parts as in cinereus, but the legs are pale slaty 
grey. 
Measurements. A rather large bird with a comparatively short 
tail. Wing 68 to 75 mm.; tail 52 to 63 mm. 
Distribution. Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Chitral, East Persia 
and S.W. 'l'ranscaspia. 
Nidification and Habits as in cinereus; the eggs average 
about 17:5 13°6 mm. Its nest and eggs were taken by White- 
head at Kalhutty, Baluchistan, and by Harington in the Khagan 
Valley. Fulton found it up to 12,000 feet in Chitral, where it was 
very common, and took two nests from holes in Walnut-trees. 
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(53) Parus major Kaschmiriensis. 
THe Kasumir Gruy-Ti7. 
Parus major kaschmiriensis Hartert, Vig. Pal., 1, p. 345 (1905) 
(Gilgit). 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. A dark bird distinguishable from all others of the 
dark forms by its greater size; both upper and lower parts are 
not as dark, however, as in cinereus, but the nuchal patch is grey 
and very inconspicuous. 
Colours of soft parts as in cinereus. 
Measurements. Wing 70 to 79 min.; tail 60 to 70 mm. 
Distribution. Kashmir, Garhwal, Simla, and Hills of the North- 
West. 
