20 RASS EIRES 
160. Bluish grey of upper parts darker, without whitish nuchal 
patch; white of lateral vectrices less extended . . . . . 20. P. MAJOR SARAWACENSIS. 
— Bluish grey of upper parts lighter, with distinct whitish ov 
greyish white nuchal patch; white of lateral rectrices more 
extendid., 2a°s 24. Seale hoe gee eee ONC an OST 
161. Central pair of vectrices black, narrowly edged with grey along 
OULEVEDEDE mice, <5 che! Ceeee SPs ean, es ee 17. P. MAJOR MAHRATTARUM. 
— Central paiy of rectrices wholly grey, or with but a narrow 
blackish line along theshaft’ 2. =<. 7 «© %s) 2) es le 
162. Nuchal patch darkened with greyisk. Larger : wing 70-78, 
tail 68-72 mm... = se) se es ee. MATJORICASCHURENGICE 
— Nuchal patch pure white or very nearly so. Smaller : wing 62-72, 
tatl 53265 minis oe VE Teh ee, ee a ae erie ero 
163. Smaller : wing 61-65 mm., with larger, longer bill. . . . 19. P. MAJOR HAINANUS. 
— Larger : wing 64-68 mm., with smaller, shorter bill ek 164. 
164. White of lateral vectrices more extended . . . . . . . 16. P. MAJOR PLANORUM. 
— White of lateral rectvices less extended. . . . . . . . ‘18. P. MAJOR CINEREUS. 
1. Parus nuchalis Jerdon, 
Parus nuchalis Jerdon, Ilustr. Ind. Ornith. pl. 46 (1843) (Eastern Ghats, west of Nellore. Madras Presidency) ; 
Madras Journ. Vol. 13, u, 1844, p. 131, pl. 2. 
Hab. Originally described from the Eastern Ghats, Madras, and recorded from Bangalore, Mysore, in 
South India; but also found in the Aravalli Range from the country round Sambhar Lake to Deesa, 
in Rajputana, N. W India. 
Obs. The northern birds are most likely to be different from P. xuchalis of the Ghats, but I have never 
been able to examine specimens from the type locality. 
2. Parus monticolus monticolus Vigors. 
Parus monticolus Vigors, Proc. Comm, Zool. Soc. Lond. Vol. 1, p. 22 (1831) (Himalayan Mountains), 
Fig. Gould, Birds Asia, Vol. 2, pl. 57. 
Hab. Himalayas, from Kashmir to Bhutan, also in Assam, Manipur, and thence to the mountainous parts 
of Western and Southern China (Szechuen, Kansu, Hoopeh, Shensi etc.) 
3. Parus monticolus insperatus Swinhoe. 
Parus insperatus Swinhoe, The Ibis (new ser.), Vol. 2, pp. 308, 402 (1866) (Formosa). 
Hab. Mountains of Formosa. 
4. Parus major major Linneus. (PI. 1, Fig. 6; Pl. 2, Fig. 9.) 
Parus major Linneus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 189 (1758) (« Habitat in Europa ». We fix Sweden as type locality). 
Parus Fringillago Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. Vol. 1, p. 555 (1827) (new name for P. major Linnzus : « per omniam 
Rossiam et Sibiriam »). 
Parus yobustus Brehm, Handb. Naturg. Vog. Deutschl. p. 461 (1831) (« liebt die Nadelhdlzer », type locality : 
Germany). ; 
Parus cyanotos Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 241 (1855) (« in Deutschland »). 
Parus intercedens Brehm, ibidem, p. 241 (1855) (« kommt dusserst selten nach Mitteldeutschland »; type, examined 
in Tring Museum, is a pale aberration). 
Parus mayor verus Brehm, Naumannia, Vol. 6, p. 367 (1856) (Scandinavia, Germany). 
Parus pallidus Brehm, ibidem, p. 367 (1856) (type from Greiz, Saxony, examined in the Tring Museum, is an 
abnormally pale specimen). 
Parus maior sulfureus Kollibay, Journ, f. Ornith. Vol. 52, p. 459 (1904) (Bocche di Cattaro, Dalmatia). 
Fig. Naumann, V6g. Deutschl. Vol. 4, pl. 94, f. 1. 
Hab. Europe, from the Polar circle southwards to Spain, Italy, the northern Balkan states, east through 
Russia and Western Siberia as far as the Altai Mountains. 
5. Parus major newtoni Prazak. 
Pavus major newtont Prazak, Ornith. Jahrb. Vol. 5. p. 239 (1894) (England). 
Hab. England, Scotland, Ireland. 
