MALABAR TITMOUSE. 

 (Parus malabaricus. ) 



PA. griseus, gula alls rectricibusque duabus intermediis nigris, 

 corpore subtus uropygio macula alarum basique tectricum late- 

 raUumfuhis. 



Grey Titmouse, with the throat, wings, and two middle tail- 

 feathers black ; body beneath, rump, spot on the base of the 

 wings, and sides of their coverts fulvous. 



Parus raalabaricus. Gmel. Syst. Xat. 1. 1012. Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 2. 56. 5. 



La Mesange de la cote de Malabar. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 2. 2O4 . 

 M14./1. 



Malabar Titmouse. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 555. 22. 



BEAK black : irides red : head, hind part of the 

 neck, and back grey: wing-coverts black, some 

 of the lower ones with a pale reddish spot: second- 

 ary and greater quills black : the tertials half red, 

 half black : the throat black : breast, belly, and 

 vent, fulvous : under tail-coverts pale rufous : 

 two middle tail-feathers black, the rest pale red, 

 with black tips : legs black : length of the bird 

 near six inches : female not so brilliant in colour : 

 all the under parts rufous yellow ; in other re- 

 spects she resembles the male. Inhabits the Ma- 

 labar coast. 



v.x. P. i. 



