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Three females, May. — Length, 3'9 to 4; expanse, 6-0 to 6*1 ; 

 wino., 1-95 to 1-98; tail, 1-8 to 2-05; tarsus, 0-65 to 0-66 ; 

 bill from gape, 35 to 0-36 ; bill at front, 023 to 0-25 ; closed 

 winors short of tail, 09 to 1'15. 



Bill black ; gape fleshy ; irides palo yellow or yellowish 

 creamy ; feet bufFy yellow; claws livid. 



The Red- headed Tit was tolerably common in the Sheopuri 

 Forest in May, at an elevation of about 7,000 feet. It was then 

 found in pairs frequenting small trees and bushes. It does 

 not occur in the central part of the Nepal Valley. 



644.— Parus monticolus, Fig. 



Eight maLs. — Length, 5 to 5-2 ; expanse, 8-25 to 8*6 ; wing, 

 2-6 to 273 ; tail, 2-3 to 2-4 ; tarsus, 07 to 075 ; bill from 

 gape, 0-47 to 54; bill at front, 0'34to0-4; closed wings 

 short of tail, 1 to TL 



Six females.— Length, 4-65 to 5-05 ; expanse, 7*9 to 8-2 ; 

 wing, 2-5 to 2-6; tail, 21 to 2-3 ; tarsus, 0-65 to 074; bill 

 from gape, 0-45 to 0-5 ; bill at front, 0-33 to 0-4 ; closed wings 

 short of tail, 1 to 11. 



Bill black; irides dark brown; feet plumbeous; claws 

 dusky. 



The rump is always grey, contrasting with the olive green 

 back ; the outer web of the outer tail feather is white on the 

 distal two-thirds, black at the base. 



This pretty Tit is very common on the hills round the Nepal 

 Valley throughout the year, at elevations of from 5,000 to 8,000 

 feet; but it never enters the central part of the valley. It is 

 also common in the upper part of the Chitlang Valley in 

 winter. 



645.— Parus nipalensis, Eodgs. 



? Female, Devighat, Nawakot district, November. — Length, 

 5-5; expanse, 8-1; wing, 2 73; tail, 2-6; tarsus, 0-65; "bill 

 from gape, 0-45 ; bill at front, 0-4 ; closed wings short of tail, 

 1-45. 



Bill brownish black, pale at tip ; irides deep brown ; feet 

 pale bluish grey ; claws bluish grey horny, dusky at tips. 



The Indian Grey Tit was only met with in Nepal, in the 

 Nawakot district, in November. There it was common along 

 the valley of the Trisul Ganga, in orchards and small trees by 

 the road side. 



647.—Machlolophus xanthogenys, Vig. 



Fifteen specimens.— Lmai\\, 47 to 5-3; expanse, 7*9 to 87; 

 wing, 2-5 to 2-8 ; tail, 1-9 to 2 35 ; tarsus, O'S to 7 ; bill 



