448 Mr. J. D. La Touche on the [Ibis, 



8. Parus major artatus Thayer & Bangs. 



Paws major artatus T. & B. Bull. M. 0. Z. May, 1909, 

 p. 140; M. M. 0. Z., August 1912, p. 185. 



Young and throe adult dated 25 September and 1 and 

 2 October, 1919, from Chang-yang Hsien. The adults 

 are not distinguishable as regards colouring from the Tits 

 obtained in north-east Chihli. These latter are certainly 

 distinct from the Japanese bird and should stand as Parns 

 major artatus Thayer and Bangs. 



9. Parus venustulus Swinhoe. 

 T. & B. p. 184. 



An adult and an immature male from Chang-yang Hsien, 

 dated 12 October. On 1 April, 1919, a party of these 

 pretty Tits appeared in a large compound at Shasi, where 

 tliey spent some time, bathing in a ditch. They then moved 

 on and were not seen any more. 



10. .ffigithalus concinmis (Gould). 

 T. & B. p. 185. 



Three adults from (Jhang-yang Hsien. 



11. ^githalus glaucogularis (Gould). 

 T. & B. p. 185. 



One specimen from Itu, dated 29 February. 



12. Suthora webbiana suffusa Swinhoe. 

 T. & B. p. 171. 



Two nestlings collected in late summer in Chang-yang 

 Hsien. A single bird seen at Shasi on 14 April. 



13. Dryonastes perspicillatus (Gm.). 

 T. ct B. p. 1G7. 



Heard on the plain on 29 September. Two specimens 

 from Itu, dated 21 and 24 February. 



14. Dryonastes sannio (Swinhoe). 

 T. & B. p. 167. 



Two adults. Chang-y^ang Hsien, early autumn, and Itu, 

 17 February. 



