66 SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 



Maralbashi. We again saw them on our way up to the Pamir, but not, so far as I remember 

 in Wakhan. We did not see them about the plains of Turkestan in summer ; but then we 

 found them higher up, as in the Kulustan valley." 



128. Parus monticola. 



Parus monticoluSj Vig. ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 229 (1873). 

 Parus monticola^ Oates^ Faun. Brit. Ind.^ Birds^ i. p. 49 (1889). 



Nos. 34 36, adults. Murree, June 25, 1873. 



Common in Kashmir, according to Dr. Henderson. 



Genus LOPHOPHANES, 



129. LOPHOPHANES MELANOLOPHUS. 



Parus melanolophuSy Vig. ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 72 ; Scully, t. c. p. 588. 



Lophophanes melanolophus , Wardlaw Eamsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 61 ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 57 



(1889). 



No. 328. Sonamarg, August 11, 1873. 



No. 351. Sonamarg, August 12, 1873.— Length 4*4 inches, wing 2-55, tail 1*75, tarsus 0^65; 



expanse 7-5; bill from front 0-32, from gape 0-45; length of foot I'l. Iris dark 



brown; bill black ; feet bluish. 

 Nos. 356, 364. Sonamarg, August 12, 1873. 

 No. 386. Baltal, August 12, 1873. 



130. Lophophanes hupinuchalis. 



Parus rufonuchalis, Blyth ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 72 ; Scully, t. c. p. 568. 



.Lophophanes rufonuchalis, Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 229 (1873i) ; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 

 1880, p, 62 j Bidd. Ibis, 1882, p. 281 ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 58 (1889).. 



No. 326, imm. Sonamarg, August 11, 1873. 



No. 350, adult. Sonamarg, August 12, 1873. — Length 5-45 inches, wing 2*86, tail 2*1, 



tarsus 0*75 ; expanse 9; bill from front 045, from gape 0*55 ; length of foot 1*3. Iris 



brown; bill black ; feet bluish. 

 No. 361. Sonamarg, August 12, 1873. 

 No. 376. Baltal, August 12, 1873. 



Genus SYLVIIPARUS. 



131. Sylviipahus modestus. 



Sylviparus modestus^ Burt.; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 53 (1889). 



No. 500, 9 . About Kharbu, 12,000 feet, August 22, 1873.— Length 4 inches, wing 2*3, 

 tail 1-3, tarsus 0*55 ; expanse 7'25 ; bill from front 0*32, from gape 0*4. Iris dark 

 browu ; bill bluish horny ; feet bluish. 



