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I observed a pair on Olympus, which probably had their nest in a hole in the rocks, as there 
were no trees in the neighbourhood. ‘This Titmouse does not appear to lay as many eggs as 
other species. I found eggs in Attica, and this year one nest, containing young birds, which was 
placed in a hollow olive-tree in the churchyard at Narlikevi. ‘This species can easily be distin- 
guished from other 'Titmice by its note.” 
In the well-known work on the ornithology of Southern Russia, Professor von Nordmann 
says that it inhabits the southern parts of the Black Sea. During his travels in Palestine Canon 
Tristram procured the present species in the Lebanon only. 
Dr. E. Rey tells us that he possesses three eggs of this species from Macedonia and Asia 
Minor, which average in size 17 by 13:75 millimetres. In Dresser’s collection is one egg, 
collected by Dr. Kritiper in Greece, which measures $5 by 32 inch, is pure white, spotted with 
bright red, similar in colour to the markings on eggs of Parus major, and the spots are chiefly 
collected in a zone round the larger end. 
In the preparation of the above article we have examined the following specimens :— 
E Mus. Sharpe and Dresser. 
a, b, d ad., 3 juv. Smyrna, June 22nd and July 8th, 1871 (Dr. Kriiper). c, g ad. Atolia, January 28th, 
1869 (Dr. Kriiper). d, 9 ad. Acarnania, February 7th, 1869 (Dr. Kriiper). e, f. Mount Olympus, 
Macedonia, September 12th and November 13th, 1869 (Dr. Kriiper). 
E Mus. H. B. Tristram. 
a. Russia (Hversmann). 6. Lebanon (H. B. T.). 
E Mus. Salvin and Godman. 
a,b, 6, 2. Mount Olympus, Macedonia, October 10th, 1869 (Dr. Kriiper). 
E Mus. T. E. Buckley. 
a. Macedonia, March 1869 (7. E. B.). 
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