84 Capt. Beavan on various Indian Birds. 



procured to-day, differs from Dr. Jerdon's description in having 

 a slightly defined yellow band round the back of the neck, below 

 the white nuchal spot. The back is " olive green ; " but the 

 rump is pure ashy. The outer tail-feather on each side is 

 white along the greater part of the outer web, and broadly tipped 

 with white ; the next two are also slightly tipped, but the rest 

 not at all. 



At Simla, on May 4th, 186G, I found a nest of this species 

 in the wail of one of my servants' houses*. It contained five 

 young ones, and was composed of fine grey pushm or wool, rest- 

 ing on an understructure of moss. This wool I afterwards found 

 out was gleaned by the bird from the sweepings of a thick 

 carpet. Dimensions : — 



Length. Wing. Tuil. Tarsus. Bill. Extent. 



April nth. 5-125 2-5 2-125 -75 -375 7-5 



May 10th. 525 2-625 2-125 . . -375 7-5 



The description given above holds good for these specimens 

 also, only that all, except the two middle rectriccs, are tipped 

 with white. This species has a loud call and queer attempt at 

 a song. 



645. Parus cinereus. Indian Grey Tit. 



Dr. Jerdon says that this bird does not occur in Bengal, nor 

 to the eastward; I however got a pair at Maldah in October 

 1864. 



647. Machlolophus xanthogenys. Yellow-cheeked Tit. 



I procured several at Simla in 1866. Dr. Jerdon's description 

 of this species is not altogether accurate. The yellow super- 

 cUiary stripe can scarcely be called " small ;" it is '75 in. in 

 length, with a greatest breadth of -25. The tail is not "black," 

 as the Doctor, in his first line, inadvertently states, but " dusky- 

 grey," as he says further on, and (excepting the outer pair of 

 rer-trices, which have their outer webs and tips pure white) is 

 tipped rather with dirty yellow than "white," while the two 

 middle pairs of rectrices are not tipped at all in the specimen 

 before me. The rump is green tipped with ashy, the " olive- 



* Walls in Simla are curiously constructed, of stone without mortar, 

 .strengthened with pine-wood beams every here and there. 



