312 PABJD.E. 



Cyanistes cyanus (Pall). 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 5.) 



Parus cyanus, Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 143 (1872) j Gadow, Cat. Birds 



B. M. viii. p. 10 (1883). 

 Cyanistes cyanus, Tacz. Faune Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 432 (1891) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iv. p. 334 (1903). 



Two eggs of the Azure Titmouse are like those of C. cceruleus, 

 but the one from the Altai Mountains has a peculiarly glossy 

 shell. 



1. Dauria, Siberia (Dybowski). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Altai Mountains. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus JEGITHALISCUS, Cab. 



JEgithaliscus erythrocephalus 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 11.) 



Acredula erythrocephala, Gadoiv, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 56 (1883) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 07 (1899). 

 ^Egithaliscus erythrocephalus, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 50 



(1889) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs 2nd. Birds, i. p. 36 (1889) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 335 (1903). 



The eggs of the Red-headed Titmouse are of a blunt oval form 

 and with scarcely any gloss. The ground is pinkish or creamy white, 

 and the markings are almost entirely confined to a conspicuous and 

 well-defined zone round the larger end of the egg. This zone is 

 composed of a multitude of minute purplish-red specks which are 

 confluent in the majority of specimens. A few minute specks of 

 the same colour are scattered over the remainder of the shell. The 

 eggs measure from -53 to '6 in length, and from *43 to '46 in 

 breadth. 



4. Kotgarh, Himalayas. Hume Coll. 



3. Simla (A. 0. H.). Hume Coll. 



2. Simla, April (A. 0. H.\ Hume Coll. 



6. Simla, May (A. O. H.\ Hume Coll. 



Genus PSALTRIPARUS, Bonap. 

 Psaltriparus minimus (Townsend). 



Psaltriparus minimus, var. minimus, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. N. Amer. 



Birds, i. p. 109 (1874) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 336 (1903). 

 Acredula minima, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 56 (1883) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 67 (1899;. 



The egg of the Bush-Titmouse in the Collection is of a regular 

 oval shape, glossless and plain white. It measures '56 by '42, % 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.'). Salvin-Godinan Coll. 



