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72. Parus modestus modestus (Burton). 
Sylviparus modestus Burton, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. Vol. 3, 1835, p. 154 (1836) (« apud montes Himalayensis »). 
Parus (?) minutus Jerdon, Madras Journ, Vol. 11, p. 8 (1840) («edge of northern Ghats »). 
Parus seriophyys Blyth, Journ, Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Vol. 13, 11. p. 942 (1844) (ex Hodgson MS. : Nepal). 
Hab. Himalayas, from Kashmir to Bhutan, and mountains of Southern (Szechuen, Fohkien) and 
Central (Tsin-ling Range) China. Jerdon records it from Ajanta, Khandesh district. I have not seen 
specimens from this locality. 
73. Parus modestus saturatior (Rippon). 
Syluiparus satuvatioy Rippon, Bull. Brit, Ornith Club, Vol. 16, p. 87 (1906) (Mount Victoria, southern Chin Hills, 
Burma). 
Hab. Burma ; Mount Victoria in the southern Chin Hills. Godwin-Austen’s record of S. modestus 
from the eastern Barail Range (Japvo, Khunho), south of the Brahmaputra River, probably also 
refers to the present form. 
74. Parus cristatus cristatus Linneus 
Parus cristatus Linnzus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 189 (1758) (« Habitat in Europa »; we fix Sweden as type locality : 
ex Fauna Suec. no. 239). 
Fie. New edition of Naumann’s Vog. Mitteleur, Vol. 2, pl. 19, f. 1. 
Hab. Scandinavia, Northern and Western Russia (Baltic Provinces, Poland), East Prussia. 
75. Parus cristatus mitratus Brehm. 
Parus mitratus Brehm, Handb, Nature. Vog. Deutschl. p. 467 (1831) (« bewohnt die deutschen Schwarzwilder »), 
Parus rufescens (nec ‘Vownsend 1837) Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 243 (1855) (« Mitteldeutschland »). 
Lophophanes cristatus brunnescens Prazak, Journ. f. Ornith. Vol. 45, p. 347 (1897) |new name for P. rufescens Brehm : 
« West Europe »). 
Fie. New edition of Naumann’'s Vog. Mitteleur. Vol. 2, pl. 19, f. 2, pl. 20, f. 1. 
Hab. Central and western parts of Germany, Jutland, Holland, France, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, 
Spain, Balkan Peninsula, 
76. Parus cristatus scoticus (Prazak). 
Lophophanes cristatus scotica Prazak, Journ. f. Ornith. Vol. 45, p. 347 (1897) (Scotland). 
Hab. Very locally distributed in Scotland, breeding particularly in the Strathspey. 
Obs. This is a well-marked form, easily recognizable by its much darker, brownish olive back and 
smaller size (wing 60-63 mm.). 
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77. Parus dichrous dichrous Hodgson, 
Parus dichrous Hodgson, Journ, Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Vol. 13, 1, p. 943 (1844) (Nepal). 
Fig. Gould, Birds Asia, Vol. 2, pl. 58. ; 
Hab. Himalaya from Dharmsala to Sikkim, at elevations of from 7500 to 12,000 feet. 
78. Parus dichrous dichroides (Przewalsk\). 
Lophophanes dichroides Przewalski, in Rowley’s Ornith. Miscell. Vol. 2, p. 189 (1877) (Kansu, N. W. China). 
Fig. Aves Przewalsk. pl. 9, f. 2. 
Hab. Western and N W. China(Kansu, Mupin, Tetung Mountains), in coniferous forests of the subalpine 
region. 
79. Parus wollweberi wollweberi (Bonaparte). 
Lophophanes wollweveri Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sc. Paris, Vol. 31, p. 478 (1850) (Zacatecas, Mexico). 
Lophophanes galeatus (Lichtenstein MS.) Cabanis, Mus. Heinean. Vol. 1, p. 90, footnote (1850) (Mexico). 
Hab. Highlands of Mexico, in the States of Oaxaca, Puebla, Vera Cruz (Orizaba) and northwards to 
Zacatecas. 
So. Parus wollweberi annexus Cassin. 
Parus annexus Cassin, Proc. Acad, Nat. Sc. Philad. Vol. 5, p. 103. pl. 1 (1850) (« Rio Grande, Texas », locality 
erroneous, cfr. Ridgway, Birds North- and Middle America, Vol. 3, rg04, p. 394, footnote). 
Hab. Mountains of Arizona, New Mexico, Sonora and Chihua-hua. 


