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ad. (Japan). Differs from P. major by its smaller size, in having 

 the under parts white with a creamy tinge, and on the occiput a tiny 

 white patch between the black of the crown and the yellow on the neck. 

 Culmen 0'48, wing 272, tail 2'38, tarsus 0'65 inch. Female similar but 

 is rather duller. 



Hob. The Ussuri country in eastern Siberia, Manchuria, 

 Mongolia, northern China, and Japan. 



In general habits it does not appreciably differ from P. major, 

 .and its nest and eggs resemble those of that species, but the 

 latter are somewhat smaller. 



235. INDIAN GREY TITMOUSE. 

 PARUS CINEREUS. 



Par us cinereus, Vieill. Tabl. Encycl. and Method, ii. p. 506 (1820) ; 

 Gould, B. of Asia, ii. p. 55 ; Dresser, ix. p. 115, pi. 656, fig. 1 ; 

 Gadow, Cat. B. Br. Mus. viii. p. 16 ; P. atriceps. Horsf. Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 160 (1822) ; Gates, F. Brit. Ind. Birds, i. p. 46. 



Eam-gangra, Beng. 



$ ad. (Germab.). Differs from P. minor in having the back and 

 Tump slaty blue grey, the upper back very faintly tinged with apple-green ; 

 under parts excepting the black central stripe white. Culmen 0*5, wing 

 2 '9, tail 2 - 5, tarsus 0'8 inch. Sexes alike. The young have the upper 

 parts tinged with yellow and the under parts with buff. 



Hob. Transcaspia to China, and from the Himalayas down 

 through the Malay peninsula to the islands of the Malay Archi- 

 pelago. In China it nests, and is said to interbreed with 

 P. minor. 



In habits it resembles P. major, and like that species feeds 

 chiefly on insects. Its call is a sharp two-note whistle fre- 

 quently repeated. It breeds from March to June, placing its 

 nest in the hole of a tree, bank or wall, and occasionally on the 

 branch of a tree. The nest is constructed of moss, grass, hair, 

 and feathers, and the eggs 5 to 6 in number, are white, blotched 

 chiefly at the larger end with light red. 



236. SUBSP. PARUS BOKHARENSIS. 



Parus bokharensis, Licht. in Eversm. Reise n. Buchara, p. 131 (1823) ; 

 Gadow, Cat. B. Br. Mus. viii. p. 16 ; Dresser, ix. p. 119, pi. 666, 

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