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5. Nilghiri Hills, 9th Feb. Hume Coll. 



3. Nilghiri Hills, April. Hume Coll. 



4. Nilghiri Hills, 10th April. Hume Coll. 

 1. Nilghiri Hills, 4th June. Hume Coll. 

 3. Kotagherry, Nilghiri Hills, 17th Hume Coll. 



Jan. (Miss Cockburn). 

 1. Kotagherry, 17th Feb. (Miss Hume Call. 



Cockburn). 

 3. Kotagherry, 6th Ma^ch (Miss Hume Coll. 



Cockburn). 



1. Kotagherry, 8th April (Miss Hume Coll. 



Cockburn). 



2. Curzon, Nilghiri Hills, 8th May. Hume Coll. 

 '2. Coonoor, Nilghiri Hills. Hume Coll. 



3. Coonoor, 12th May. Hume Coll. 



1. Ootacamund, Nilghiri Hills, 4th Hume Coll. 



April. 



2. Ceylon, May (A. L. Butler}. Crowley Bequest. 



6. Foochow, China, 30th March. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.J. 



Parus bokhariensis, Licht. 



Parus boccharensis, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 16 (1883). 

 Parus bokharensis, Dresser, Birds Eur. ix. (Suppl.) p. 119 (1895). 

 Parus bokhariensis, Sharpe, Hand-l iv. p. 329 (1903). 



Two eggs of the Bokhara Grey Titmouse are of a rather long, 

 pointed oval form. The ground-colour is white, with light red and 

 lavender dots and spots scattered pretty thickly over the whole 

 shell. They measure respectively '71 by *5 and 74 by '51. 



2. Kuldja, Turkestan (Nehrkorn Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.), 



Parus monticola, Vigors. 



(Plate XIV. fig. 3.) 



Parus monticolus, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 320 (1883). 



Parus monticola, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds i. p. 49 (1889) ; id. ed* 



Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 35 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



iv. p. 329 (1903). 



The eggs of the Green-backed Titmouse are very similar to those 

 of the Indian Grey Titmouse. The markings, however, are of a 

 much richer colour, being of a deep reddish-brown or purplish-red. 

 Specimens measure from -64 to *75 in length, and from -5 to "54 in 

 breadth. 



3. Himalayas. Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Dharmsala, Himalayas, 28th April. Hume Coll. 



3. Simla, April. Hume Coll. 



1. Lebong, Sikhim, 14th July. Hume Coll. 



4. Mongphoo, Darjilin<r (J, Gammie). Hume Coll. 



2. Mongphoo, 6th April (J. G.). Hume ColL 

 2. Mongphoo, llth April (J. G.). Hume Coll. 



