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46. Parus fasciiventer tanganjice Reichenow. 
Parus fasciiventey tanganjicae Reichenow, Ornith. Monatsber. Vol.17, p. 42 (1909) (Forests west of Lake Tanganyika). 
Hab. Central Africa : forests west of Lake Tanganyika. 
47. Parus xanthogenys xanthogenys Vigors. 
Paris xanthogenys Vigors, Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. Vol. 1, p. 23 (1831) (Himalayan Mountains). 
Fig. Gould, Birds Asia, Vol. 2, pl. 52; Contrib. Ornith. 1852, t. [87], f. 1. 
Hab. Western Himalaya, from Murree to Eastern Nepal, at elevations of from 4000 to 7000 feet. 
48. Parus xanthogenys aplonotus Blyth 1). 
Parus aplonotus Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Vol. 16,1, p. 444 (1847) (« Mountains of Central India»). 
Parus Ferdoni Blyth, ibidem, Vol. 25, p. 445 (1856) (Bombay). 
Fig. Gould, Birds Asia, Vol. 2, pl. 54. 
Hab. The peninsula of India, south of a line drawn from Abu to Pareshnath in Behar, up to elevations 
of 6000 feet. 
49. Parus spilonotus Blyth. 
Parus spilonotus Blyth, Cat. Birds Mus. Asiat. Soc. p. 103 (1849) (name based on P. xanthogenys [nec Vigors] Blyth, 
Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Vol. 16, 1, 1847, p. 445 : Himalayas). 
Parus subviridis (Tickell MS.) Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Vol. 24, p. 267 (1855) (« mountainous interior of 
Tenasserim provinces»). 
Fig. Gould, Birds Asia, Vol. 2, pl. 53; Contrib. Ornith. 1852, pl. [87], f. 2. 
Hab. Eastern Himalayas (Nepal, Sikkim), Assam, Khasia Hills, Manipur, Burma, Tennasserim, at 
elevations of from 3000 to 6000 feet 2). 
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5o. Parus holsti Seebohm. 
Parus holsti Seebohm, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, Vol. 4, p. 7 (1894) (Interior of Formosa). 
Fig. The Ibis (7), Vol. 1, 1897, p. 211, pl. 6. 
Hab. Mountains of Formosa. 
51. Parus rex A. David. (PI. 1, Fig. 2.) 
Parus (Machlolophus) rex A. David, Ann. Sc. Nat. (5), Vol. 19, art. no. 9, p. 4 (1874) (« Koatén, Fokien occidental »). 
Fig. David & Oustalet, Ois. Chine, p. 286, pl. 36. 
Hab. Mountains of South China (West Fohkien) and Tonkin. 
. Parus varius varius Temmuinck & Schlegel 3). 
Parus varius Temminck & Schlegel, Fauna Japon. Aves, p. 71, pl. 35 (1848) (« Japon »). 
Parus sieboldi Seebohm, Birds Japanese Emp. p. 85 (1890) (new name for P. varius). 
Parus rubidus Blakiston, The Ibis, Vol. 4, p. 321 (1862) (err. typ.). 
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Hab. Japan (Hondo, Yezo) and Corea. 
53. Parus variusscastaneoventris Gould. 
Parus castaneoventyis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1862, p. 280 (1863) (Formosa). 
Parus cinnamomeiventris Gray, Handlist Birds, Vol. 1, p. 231 (1869) (err. typ.). 
Fig. Gould, Birds Asia, Vol. 2, pl. 49. 
Hab. Formosa. 
1) A doubtful species is : 
Pavus grifithit Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Vol. 16, 1, p. 445 (1847) (« between Assam and Ava»). 
This supposed species has been based on a drawing of a bird obtained by Dr. Griffith, between Assam and Ava. It is 
said to differ from P. x. xanthogenys and P. x. aplonotus by lacking the crest and by having the upper parts black (instead of 
olive) and the back spotted with yellow. 
2) Having never seen any Tenasserim specimens I cannot vouch for P. subviridis being really asynonym of P. sfilonotus. 
Blyth’s original description certainly suggests a bird different from the latter, unless it be taken from a young or immature 
example. 
3) A nearly allied form appears to inhabit Okinawa-shima, central group of the Loo-choo Islands (see Stejneger, Proc. 
U. S. Nat. Mus. Vol. 9, 1886, p. 650), The single female is stated to be smaller than P. v. varius (wing 67 instead of 
76-86 mm.) and somewhat different in coloration : chestnut patch on upper back smaller, flanks paler etc. In size it is thus 
seen to be intermediate between P. v. varius and P. v, castaneoventris. 
