182 PARID^E. 



667. Par us sultaneus, Hodgs., ind. Rev. p. 31 (1831); Blyth, 



J . A. S. B. xiii. p. 943; Gadow, Cat. B. Br. Mus.v'm. p. 6. Parus flavocris- 

 tatus, Lafr.Mag. Zool. 1837, P 1 - 8o 5 Blyth, Cat. B. Br. Mus. As. Soc. 

 p. 102; Gould, Birds Asia. pt. xx., pi. 150. Melanochlora sultanea, Jerd., 

 B. Ind. ii. p, 282, No. 650; Walden, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 551 ; Hume and 

 Dav., Str. F. 1878, i. p. 378; Hume, Str. F. 1879, pp.64, 105. Mela- 

 nochlora flavocristata, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 92 ; Blyth and Walden, B. Burnt. 

 p. in.; Oates, B. Br. Burnt, i. p. 129. The SULTAN YKLLOW-TIT. 



Forehead and crown with a long pointed crest brilliant yellow ; also the breast, 

 abdomen, under tail coverts and axillaries; under wing coverts blackish, tipped 

 with yellow; whole upper plumage, lores, sides of the head and neck, chin, 

 throat and breast deep glossy black. Bill black ; feet slaty ; iris dark brown. 



The female has the yellow parts duller than in the male ; sides of the head 

 and upper plumage dark greenish brown ; chin and throat yellowish ; wings 

 and tail dull black. 



Length. 7 to 8 inches; wing 4 to 4-2 ; tail 3-4 to 3-6; tarsus 0*95 to i, 

 The female is smaller ; wing only 37 ; tail 3*3. 



Hab. The warmer valleys of the Himalayas through Assam and Burmah, 

 and Malacca to Sumatra. Common, according to Jerdon, near Darjeeling, in 

 the great valley of the Runjeet. Oates says it is abundant over the whole of 

 the Pegu hills ; Blyth got it from Arrakan, and Mr. Davison found it through- 

 out the whole division of Tenasserim, except on the higher hills. It has been 

 procured by Captain Wardlaw-Ramsay in Karennee. In the hill ranges of 

 Eastern Bengal and in Assam and Sikkim, it is fairly abundant. Nothing is 

 known of its nidification in India. 



668. ParuS CinereUS, Bonn. et. Vieill. Tall. Cont. Meth. p. 506, 

 (1823), ex Levaill', Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 460; Bp. Consp.Av. p. 229; 

 Kelaart, Prod. Cat. p. 121 ; Gould, B. Asia, pt. x., pi.; Jerd., B. Ind. ii. 



p. 278 ; Walden, Ibis, 1869, p. 315 ; Holdsw., P. Z. S. 1872, p. 460 ; Hume and 

 Benders, Lahore to Yarkand, p. 167;' Cock and Marsh, Str. F. 1873, p. 384; 

 Ball. Str. F. 1874, p. 417; Wardlaw-Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 62; Gadow, 

 Cat. B. Br. Mus. viii. p. 16. Parus atriceps,. Horsf., Trans. Lin. Soc. xiii. 

 p. 160; Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 92; McLell, P. Z. S. 1839; Temm. PL 

 Col. 207, fig. 2 ; Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 92; Jerd., Madr. Journ. 1840, 

 p. 7; Legge, B. Ceylon, p. 557 ; Oates, B. Br. Burm. p. 125. Parus nipa- 

 lensis, Hodgs., Ind. Rev. p. 31 ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xi. p. 459; Blyth and Wald., 

 B. Burm. p. 112; Scully, Str. F. 1879, PP- 329-367; Blanf., J. A. S. B. 

 1869, ii. p. 181. Parus caesius, Tick., J. A. S. B. (fide auctt.); Swinhoe, 

 P. Z. S. 1871, p. 361 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. B. ii. p. 405; Brooks, 

 Str. F. 1875, p. 253 ; Butler, ibid, 1875, p. 491 ; Hume, ibid, 1876, p. 402 ; 

 Hume and 'Dav., ibid, 1878, p. 376; Dav. and Wenden, ibid, 1879, P- 95- 

 Parus commixtus, Swinh., Ibis, 1868, 'p. 63 ; Blyth and Wald., B. Burm. 

 p. ui ; Hume, Str. F. 1878, i. p. 376. The GREY INDIAN TITMOUSE. 



