82 PARLDJE. 



Parus palustris. 



Key to Subspecies. 



A. Back grey, tinged with olive-green P. p. korejeivi, p. 82. 



B. Back olive-brown, much darker P.p. pcecilopsis p. 82. 



(61) Parus palustris korejewi. 

 THE TURKESTAN MABSH-TIT. 



Parus communis korejewi Zarud. & Harms, Orn. Monatsb., x, p. 54 

 (1902) (Karatau, Turkestan). 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Head, nape and extreme upper back, chin and 

 upper throat black ; back grey, tinged with olive-rufous ; next 

 to black of head on nape pure white, fading into smoky fulvous on 

 neck ; below white tinged with fulvous on flanks and abdomen ; 

 wing-quills brown, with silver-grey edges ; coverts broadly edged 

 grey. 



Measurements. Wing about 65 mm. ; tail about 56-2 mm. ; 

 tarsus about 16 mm. ; culmen about 10 mm. 



Distribution. Turkestan, Afghanistan, Baluchistan. A rare 

 straggler into extreme N.W. India. 



Nidification. A clutch of eggs taken at Sarsen, Turkestan and 

 given to me by Herr M. Kuschel are indistinguishable from those 

 of the British Marsh-Tit. They average about 16-0x12-5 mm. 

 and were taken on the 10th May, 1896. 



Habits. Similar to those of other races of the Marsh-Tit. 



(62) Parus palustris pcecilopsis. 

 THE YUNNAN MARSH-TIT. 



Lophophanes poecilopsis Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C., xiii, p. 11 (1902) 

 (Chatung, W. Yunnan). 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Similar to the last, but much darker olive-brown 

 above and darker, duller fulvous below. 



Colours of soft parts. Not given, but appear to be the same as 

 in the British bird. 



Measurements. Total length about 120 mm. ; culmen about 

 10 mm. ; wing about 65 mm. ; tail about 52 mm. ; tarsus about 

 14 mm. 



Distribution. Yunnan. A specimen obtained by Col. H. H. 

 Harington near Maymyo in the Kachin Hills is referable to this 

 race. 



Nidification and Habits. Nothing recorded. 



