CRIMSON-HUMPED TITMOUSE. 

 (Parus peregrinus.) 



PA. uropygio coccineo, corpore cinereo subtus albo. 



Titmouse with a crimson rump, cinereous body, beneath white. 



Parus peregrinus. Lin, Syst. Nat. 1. 342. 10. Gmel. Syst. 



Nat. 1. 10JO. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 564, 4, 

 Parus coccineus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 101 7 

 Crimson-rum ped Titmouse. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 53Q. 4. 



THE male of this bird has the beak whitish : the 

 head, neck, and back, ash-colour : between the 

 beak and eye, and under the latter, dusky : front 

 of the neck and breast deep orange-colour : upper 

 part of the wings black, with the bases of some of 

 the feathers orange, forming a spot of that colour 

 on them : under part pale yellow : rump orange- 

 colour : vent whitish : tail black, all but the four 

 middle feathers tipped with orange : female paler 

 above, with the whole of the under parts dusky 

 white : rump and spot on the wings orange, the 

 latter palest : in other respects she resembles the 

 male, except in having more of the tail-feathers 

 tipped with orange. Native place unknown. 



INDIAN TITMOUSE. 

 (Parus indicus.) 



PA. cinereus subtus albidus, pectore abdomine crissoque ferrugi- 

 neis t rostro pedibus alis caudaque nigro^fuscis. 



