1920.] Birds of North- East Chihli. G37 



beef, fruit, insects, (!te. Acorns given to it were stored in 

 various parts of tiie cage for future use. 



12. Parus major minor T. & S. 

 Parus minor D. & O. p. 278. 



The Lesser Tit is eonimon in inland wooded localities. 

 Several nests with eggs weni brought to me from the uu)un- 

 tains in the vicinity on the KJth and 2;ird of May (fresh), 

 15th of June (hard-sat), and 2nd of July (fresh). 



13. Parus ater insularis llellmayr. 



Parus ater insularis Heliniayr, Oni. Jahrlj. 1902, p. 06. 



Parus insularis La T. p. 5G7. 



A number of specimens of this Ijriglit-ecdoured Coal Tit 

 were obtained near Chinwangtao in autumn and winter, 

 1911. I shot a single example on the 21st of April, 1912, 

 in an old graveyard close to the sea, a i'cw miles off, and 

 that same morning I picked up in a neighbouring field 

 the feathers of aiu)ther which had been killed. Both were 

 evidently migrants. I did not meet with any other 

 travellers until the 17th of October, 191-1, when one 

 appeared on the trees outside my office at the Custom 

 House, and the day alter 1 shot a bird in the small willows 

 behind the Custom House, which was probably that seen 

 the day before. It would thus appear that this Coal Tit 

 travels down the coast, at least occasionally. Mr. Ogilvie- 

 Grant has informed me that the British Museum has 

 examples from North China etc. 



The wing in six males varies from 2*28 to 2"40 in,, and in 

 four females from 2*15 to 2'3() in. 



The Coal Tit found in the west of Chihli is /■'. pekinensis, 

 which occurs in north-west Fohkieu and on the borders of 

 Tibet and south-west China. 



14. Parus palustris hellmayri Bianchi. 

 Parus palustris D. & O. p. 288. 

 Parus palustris hellmayri Bianchi. 



The Marsh Tit is common in the interior to within a few 

 miles of the port. It is a resident. 



