248 PARING. 



GENUS, Parus, Lin. 



Head uncrested ; bill usually stout and moderately short ; tail 

 rather short. 



Parus nipalensis, Hodgs. 



645. P cinereus, Vieill. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. IL 

 p. 278 ; P. ccesius, Tick. ; Butler, Guzerat ; Stray Feathers, Vol. 

 Ill, p. 491 ; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 413 ; Swinhoe 

 and Barnes, Central India; Ibis, p. 127. 



THE INDIAN GREY TIT. 



Length, 5'95 ; wing, 2'8 ; tail, 2'6 ; tarsus, 0'6 ; bill at front, 7. 



Bill black ; irides brown ; legs blackish. 



Head, chin, throat, and breast, and a line along the abdomen, 

 black ; large cheek-spot white ; plumage above bluish-cinereous ; 

 greater-coverts white tipped, forming a conspicuous wing-band ; 

 quills dusky-black, edged with pale blue, and the secondaries and 

 tertiaries edged white ; beneath albescent, with a tinge of rufes- 

 cent-ashy, purer white on the under tail-coverts. 



The Grey Tit occurs sparingly on Mount Aboo, but does not 

 descend to the plains beneath. It does not occur in Bind, but is 

 common in Southern Afghanistan. It is a common permanent 

 resident in the Deccan, breeding from May to August ; the nest 

 (a mere pad composed of 'moss, hair, fur and feathers), is placed 

 in a hole in a tree, bank, or wall. 



The eggs, five or six in number, are slightly elongated ovals, 

 pointed towards one end. The ground color is white, (pinkish 

 before they are blown), blotched, spotted, and streaked, more 

 especially towards the large end, with red or occasionally pale- 

 purple. 



They average about 071 inches by about 54. 



Parus nuchalis, Jerdon. 



646. -Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 279 ; Butler, Guzerat ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. Ill, p. 492. 



THE WHITE-WINGED BLACK TIT. 



Length, 5 ; wing, 2'8 ; tail, 2; tarsus, 07 ; l>ill at front, ! 4. 



Bill black ; irides red-brown ; legs plumbeous. 



Above black, with a white nuchal mark ; a white band across 

 the wing, and the tertiaries broadly margined and tipped with 

 white ; tail with the outer feathers nearly white, the next with 

 the outer web only, and the third with the outer web white only 

 at its base and tip ; cheeks, sides of neck, sides of breast, belly, 

 and under tail-coverts, white, with a black mesial stripe, from the 

 throat to the vent. 



The White-winged Black Tit has been obtained from Cutch 

 and the vicinity of Deesa. It appear^ to be very locally 

 distributed. 



