378 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on 



Parus cinerascens Vieill. 



Parus intermedius Shelley, Birds Afr. ii. pp. 223, 243 

 (1900). 



Farvs pm'virostris Shelley, 1, c. pp. 223, 243. 



Parus afer damarensis Reich. Orn. Moiiatsb. x. p. 77 

 (1902). 



Pentheres cinerascens Sharpe, Ibis, 1904, pp. 342, 343. 



a. c?. Molopo River, 3000 ft., 8th April. (No. 3, 

 R. B. JF.) 



Iris dark brown ; bill black ; feet grey. 



The Titmouse prociired by INIr. Woosnam is no doubt an 

 example of the true P. cinerascens Vieill. Sliarpe, in the 

 paper quoted above, has shown that the S. African species 

 have been confused by Shelley (Birds Afr. ii. p. 240), who 

 described the present species as P. afer, which is really a 

 brown-backed form. This species was subsequently re- 

 described by Dr. Reichenow as P. a. damarensis. 



P. parvirostris Shelley is founded on an immature example 

 of P. cinerascens with a smaller bill, and the feathers of the 

 crown dull black, both signs of immaturity. 



The Grey Titmouse was met with sparingly throughout 

 the Kalahari in the acacia-forest, and was not common 

 in Ngamiland. I have found it in the Orange River Colony 

 in the most barren country, among kopjes, far from any 

 trees or bushes. 



Parus niger Vieill. 



Parus niger Stark, i. p. 307 ; Reich, iii. p. 510. 



a. S' Mababe Flats, 2900 ft., 24th July. (No. 70, 

 B. B. W.) 



b. S- Lake Ngami, 2700 ft,, 5th Sept. (No. 97, 

 P. B. W.) 



Iris dark brown ; bill black ; feet dark grey. 



No Black Titmice were met with during the journey 

 through the Kalahari^ but a few were seen in Ngamilaud ; 

 they seemed chiefly to frequent the mopani forest towards 

 the north-east of the Lake. 



