PABrALIPAKTJS. — PAETTS. 307 



Genus PARDALIPAEUS, Selys-Longeh. 



Pardaliparus venustuliis (Swinhoe). 



(Plate XIV. fig. 4.) 



Parus venustulus, Gadow, Cut. Birds B. M. viii. p. 23 (1883) ; La 



Touahe, Ibis, 1899, p. 401. 

 Pardaliparus venustulus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 328 (1903). 



The eggs of the White-naped Titmouse are of a blunt oval form 

 and without gloss. They are white, rather thickly speckled all over 

 with chestnut and underlying lilac. Three examples measure 

 respectively: "65 by -5 ; -66 by -5 ; -67 by -49. 



3. Kuatun, N.W. Fohkien, China, C. B. Eickett, Esq. [P.]. 



1st June (/. D. La Touche). 



Genus PARUS, Linn. 



Parns minor, Temm. Sf Schl. 



Parus minor, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 16 (1883) ; Dates, Fauna 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 48 (1889) ; Tanz. Faune Orn. SiUr. Orient. 

 p. 428 (1891) ; La Touche, Ibis, 1899, p. 401 ; Nehrh. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 66 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 328 (1903). 



The eggs of the Japanese Grey Titmouse are inseparable from 

 those of P. cinereus described below. 



2. Kuatim, N.W. Fotkien, China, C. B. Eickett, Esq. [P.]. 

 2l8t A-pril {J. D. La Touche). 



4. Kuatun, 28th June (/. J). La T.). C. B. Eickett, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Amoy, Ghina, {B. Swinhoe: Trig- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). 



2. Amur-land, 18th June (TancrS). Crowley Bequest. 



Parus major, Linn. 



Parus major, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 146, tab. xxviii. fig. 2, a, b 

 (1845-54) ; Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 43. flg. 9 (1855-63) ; 

 Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 149, pi. xxxix. flg. i (1856) ; 

 Dresser, Birds Ear. iii. p. 79 (1871) ; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 28 ; 

 Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 463, pi. 9 (1883) ; Gadow, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. viii. p. 19 (1883) ; Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 210, pi. 53. 

 fig. 13 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 328 (1903).. 



The eggs of the Great Titmouse are of a broad oval shape and 

 possess a slight amount of gloss. They are white, marked with 

 specks, spots, and small blotches of two shades of chestnut. In 

 many specimens the markings are evenly distributed over the shell ; 

 in others they are more dense at the large end, where they are 

 often confluent and form a rough zone or cap. A few examples are 

 so feebly marked that they appear, at first sight, to be plain white. 

 They measure from '65 to '8 in length, and from '5 to '55 in 

 breadth. 



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