306 PARID2E. 



spotless; others are minutely speckled all over; and others again are 

 handsomely blotched, as well as spotted, at the larger end. They 

 measure from '58 to '7 in length, and from '42 to *5 in breadth. 



9. Co. Waterford, Ireland, 15th May. E. J. Ussher, Esq. [P.]. 



4. England. Old Collection. 



2. Norfolk. Salvin-Godraan Coll. 

 7. Norfolk, 20th May (T. Noraate). Seebohm Coll. 



9. Cookham, Berkshire, 20th May. Gould Coll. 



3. Cookham. Gould Coll. 



6. New Forest (H. Saunders). Seebohm Coll. 



9. Epping Forest, 9th May ( O. Salviri). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Hampstead, London (O. S.}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 13. Churt, Surrey, June. Crowley Bequest. 



9. Tilford, Surrey. Crowley Bequest. 



10. Tilford. Cowley Bequest. 



Periparus melanolophus 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 1.) 



Parus melanolophus, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 28 (1883). 

 Lophophanes melanolophus, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 57 



(1889) ; id. ed. flume, Nests fy Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 28 (1889). 

 Periparus melanolophus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 326 (1903). 



The eggs of the Crested Black Titmouse are of a regular oval 

 form and very slightly glossy, They are white, speckled and 

 blotched with dull chestnut-brown and underlying pale lavender. 

 The markings are dense at the larger end, and form an imperfect 

 cap at that part. Examples differ much in size, the smallest 

 measuring P 58 by *43, and the largest *7 by '52. 



2. Kashmir, June ( C. M. Cock : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.}. 

 1. Kotgarli, N.W. Himalayas, 17th Hume Coll. 



April. 

 1. Kotgarh, 27th April. Hume Coll. 



3. Kotgarh, 14th May. Hume Coll. 



Genus MACHLOLOPHUS, Cab. 



Machlolophus rex, David. 



(Plate XIV. fig. 2.) 



Machlolophus rex, David $ Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 286 (1877) ; La Touche, 



Ibis, 1899, p. 402 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 327 (1903). 

 Parus rex, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 367 (1883). 



The eggs of the King Titmouse are of a blunt, pointed oval shape 

 and exhibit a very slight gloss. They are creamy white, very 

 densely speckled and mottled with bright chestnut and lilac. They 

 measure from -67 to '7 in length, and from '51 to '55 in breadth. 



.3, Kuatun, N.W. Fohkien, China, C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.].'>. 



24th April (J. I). La Touche). 

 3. Kuatun (J. D. La T.). C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



