96 PARIDA, 
The race is nearest to true 4. c. concinnus of China but is dis- 
tinguished from that bird by the more chestnut flanks and sides. 
Colour of soft parts as in zredalei. 
Measurements. A rather bigger bird than the Common Red- 
headed Tit. Total length about 115 mm.; wing 53 mm.; tail 
53 mm.; tarsus about 14 mm. 
Distribution. Mt. Talifu, W. Yunnan, 8.W. China and N. Shan 
States as far west as the Irrawaddy. 
Nidification. Harington, who took this Tit’s nest in the Shan 
States, describes it as like that of the Long-tailed Tit—a ball of 
moss lined with feathers and with an inner lining of seed-down, 
placed ina raspberry bush within two feet of the ground. The 
full clutch of eggs seems to be three only and they measure 
about 13°5 x 10-9 mm. 
Harington took the above nest in the end of April but Mr. F. 
Grant found it breeding in March and early April. 
Habits. This Tit seems to be obtained principally between 5,000 
and 7,000 feet. Little has been so far recorded of its habits, 
which doubtless do not differ from those of others of the genus. 
AXgithaliscus bonvaloti. 
Key to Subspecies. 
A. Below white with ferruginous pectoral band. 
Wing 56-61 mm -. ja. eines pie os bipse LE. b. bonvaloti, p. 96. 
B. Below rufescent with brownish band. Wing 
OO Ab ouminy Vi- ches arched iabeaerseriteia eee en rs oe AL. b. sharpet, p. 97. 
~ (81) Aégithaliscus bonvaloti bonvaloti. 
THE CHINESE BLACK-HEADED Tr. 
githaliscus bonvaloti Oustalet, Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool., (7) Vol. 12, 
p- 286 (1891) (Ta-tsien-lu). 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. Head black, a coronal streak white on the fore- 
head and becoming chestnut-buff posteriorly; upper back dull 
chestnut, fading into dull olive on back andrump; feathers of the 
latter tipped with dull chestnut; chin and upper throat black, 
somewhat mottled in the centre with white edges to the feathers ; 
below white; a broken pectoral band, flanks, vent and under tail- 
coverts sandy chestnut ; tail blackish brown, the outermost three 
pairs of rectrices with terminal broad streaks of white; wings 
brown, quills pale-edged and coverts tipped with olive. 
Colours of soft parts. Not recorded. 
Measurements. Total length about 110 mm.; wing 56 to 61 mm.; 
tail 51 to 60 mm. 
