334 ZOOLOGICAL RESULTS OF THE RUWENZORI EXPEDITION. 



Family PAKlDiE. 



Parus funekeus J. & E. Verreaux. 



Parus funereus Shelley, B. Afr. ii. p. 227 (1900) ; Reich. V6g. Afr. iii. p. 510 (1905). 

 Parus nigricinereus Jackson, Ibis, 1899, p. 638, pi. xiii. [Naudi]. 



a. 6 imm. 40 miles N. of Fort Beni, Semliki Valley, 3500 ft., 13th Aug. 

 [No. 1780. B. C] 



b. d . Mpanga Forest, Fort Portal, 5000 ft., 18th Sept. [No. 531. B. E. B.] 



Adult male. Iris crimson ; bill and feet black. 



Immature male. Iris reddish-brown ; bill black ; feet dark grey. 



The adult male agrees perfectly with the type-specimen of P. funereus from 

 Gaboon. The immature specimen from Fort Beni is in the stage of plumage described 

 by Mr. Jackson as P. nigricinereus. 



[A few examples of the Dusky Black Titmouse were seen in the Eturi Forest and 

 also in the Mpanga Forest, to the east of Ruwenzori. They were always observed 

 high up in the tree-tops. — R. B. W.~\ 



Parus insignis Cabanis. 

 Parus insignis Shelley, B. Afr. ii. p. 231 (1900) ; Grant, Ibis, 1905, p. 206 [Muleraa, S. Uganda] . 

 Parus niger insignis Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 512 (1905). 

 Pentheres leucomelas Jackson (nee Rupp.), Ibis, 1906, p. 554 [Toro]. 



a-d. 6 S et 6 ? imm. Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 2nd-22nd May. [Nos.268. 



M. E. B. ; 3393, 3394, 3395. B. B. W.] 



e-g. 6 ? . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 3rd-21st June. [No. 1661. B. C. ; 3447, 



3448. 22. B. W.] 



h. d imm. Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 7th July. [No. 1722. B. C] 



Adult male and female. Iris dark brown ; bill and feet black. 



The series includes both old and young birds. The latter have the plumage of the 

 upperparts black, almost devoid of gloss, and the underparts brownish-black ; whereas 

 iu the adult both the upper- and underparts are black, strongly glossed with greenish. 



As already pointed out in my paper on the Doggett Collection from S. Uganda, the 

 range of the present species extends much further north than had been supposed by 

 Captain Shelley or Dr. Reichenow. 



A male bird from Toro (No. 995) has been referred by Mr. Jackson to P. leucomelas 

 Rupp., but is really referable to the present species. 



There are a number of examples of the true P. leucomelas in Mr. Jackson's collection 

 from Entebbe, Elgon, &c. The species is easily distinguished from P. insignis by 

 having the feathers of both the upper- and underparts black glossed with purplish- 

 blue, instead of dull oily green. 



