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Identical with Chinese specimens,, sent me by Mr. SwinhoJ, 

 witlr which I have compared them. 



The following are dimensions, &c, of three males recorded 

 in the flesh. We obtained no females : — 



Length, 5-5 to 575; expanse, 8-25 to 8-3; tail from vent, 

 2-5 to 2-62; wing, 2"62 ; tarsus, 0'65 to 07 \ bill from gape, 

 0-4 to 0-5 i weight, 0*4 to 0'5 oz. 



Legs and feet dark plumbeous ; bill black ; irides dark brown. 



No separate detailed description of this species seems 

 necessary. It is precisely like Parus coesius, except that on the 

 nape and upper back immediately behiud the black cap there 

 is a strong greenish yellow tinge, much the same as, though 

 yellower than that, in the much smaller but also very similar 

 P. minor, of which likewise I have specimens from Mr. 

 Swiuhoe. 



649.— Machlolophus spilonotus, Blyth. (7). 



(Karennee, at 3,500 feet, Earns.) Mooleyit. 



Confined in Tenasserim proper to the higher slopes of Mooleyit, 

 but re-appearing in the continuation of the same rano-e in 

 Karen nee. 



[I found this Tit not uncommon about Mooleyit from 3,500 

 feet and upwards, keeping about the tops of the 'larger trees, es- 

 pecially those around the open camping grounds. It was always 

 in pairs; its note and habits are quite the same as those of 

 M. xanihogenys or M. jerdoni. — W. D.] 



We only procured this species in the immediate neighbour- 

 hood of the peak of Mooleyit, but not at a lower elevation than 

 3,000 feet. Tenasserim examples appear to be quite identical 

 with others from Sikhim and Nepal. 



The sexes do not appear to differ in size : a number of both 

 sexes measured in the flesh : — 



Length, 5'1 to 5-3 ; expanse, 9'6 ; tail, 2-2 to 2'4 ; wing, 3-01 

 to 3-1 ; tarsus, 065 to 0*75 ; bill from gape, 0'5 to 0-53 : weight. 

 0-6 to 063 oz. ° . ' 



The legs and feet were deep plumbeous blue; the claws 

 similar ; gape white ; bill black ; irides deep brown. 



Parus ^ subviridis, Tickell, is undoubtedly the young of 

 this species. The following was Blyth's original description, 

 J. A. S. B., XXIV., 267, 1855. V ' 



" Afflned to P. xanthogenys and P. spilonotus, but the 

 whole of the under- parts dull yellowish-green, without a trace 

 of black, passing to ashy on the vent and lower tail-coverts ; 

 back much the same, but darker, with the feathers centred 

 yellower, imparting a mottled appearance; crown and nape 



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