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some examples from India are as dark as the Abyssinian 

 birds. My specimens are both of the pale variety, and were 

 the only two obtained. Pipits of all kinds were rare in 

 Persia. 



38. Acredula tephronota Giinther ; Blanf. t. c. p. 231. 

 100, 101, 102, 132, 153, 216. Ad. 



These specimens are slightly paler than examples from 

 Turkey and Asia Minor. 



This Long-tailed Tit was confined to the oak-woods, where 

 it was fairly common at various altitudes. In habits and 

 notes it resembles A. caudata. 



A nest, containing seven young, found in a thorn-tree, 

 near Kaluni (4300 ft.), on April 4th, might be said to be 

 made of feathers, covered with fragments of dead leaves 

 fastened together with cobwebs. The leaves are of a grey 

 colour and in very small pieces, so that at a little distance 

 the nest looks as if it were covered with rather dull-coloured 

 lichen. 



39. Parus lugubris dubius Heilmayr, J. f. O. 1901, 

 p. 172. 



Poecile lugubris persica Prazak (nee Parus persicus Blanf.), 

 Orn. Jahrb. 1895, p. 81. 



Parus lugubris ? Natt. ; Blanf. t. c. p. 229. 



137, 142, 161, 162, 171, 172. Ad.; 237, 384, 399. Juv. 



Dr. Blanford has called attention to the differences 

 between the Persian bird and the typical P. lugubris, and 1 

 consider that Dr. Heilmayr is correct in upholding Prazak's 

 opinion of its distinctness. 



My specimens are all alike, and compared with Western 

 birds they are quite distinct, being very much greyer on the 

 back and of a much purer white on the under parts. 



This Tit was met with throughout the oak-woods to which 

 it was confined, but it was nowhere common. 



At Pul-i-mard (3800 ft.) I saw fully-fledged young on 

 April 23rd, and again near Aliabad (7300 ft.) on May 18th. 



