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Nilghiri Hills, 9th Feb. 

 Nilghiri Hills, April. 

 Nilghiri Hills, 10th April. 

 Nilghiri Hills, 4th June. 

 Kotagherry, Nilghiri Hills, 17th 



Jan. (Mm Cockburn). 

 Kotagherry, 17th Feb. (Miss 



Coekburn). 

 Kotagherry, 



Coekburn). 

 Kotagherry, 8th April 



Coekburn). 

 Curzon, Nilghiri Hills, 8th May. 

 Ooonoor, Nilghiri Hills. 

 Ooonoor, 12th May. 

 Ootacamund, Nilghiri HiUs, 4th 



April. 

 Ceylon, May [A. L. Butler). 

 Foochow, China, 30th March. 



6th March {Miss 

 {Miss 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Call. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume OoU. 



Crowley Bequest. 



C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.J. 



Parus bokhariensis, Lieht. 



Parus boccharensis, Oadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 16 (1883). 

 Parus bokharensis. Dresser, Birds Eur. ix. {Suppl.) p. 119 (1895). 

 Parus bokhariensis, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 329 (1903). 



Two eggs of the Bokhara Grey Titmouse are of a rather long, 

 pointed oval form. The ground-colour is white, with light red and 

 lavender dots and spots scattered pretty thickly over the whole 

 shell. They measure respectively '71 by '5 and "74 by "SI. 



2. Kuldja, Turkestan {Nehrkorn Crowlev Bequest. 



Coll.). 



Parus monticola. Vigors. 



(Plate XIV. fig. 3.) 



Parus monticolus, Oadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 320 (1883). 



Parus monticola, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds i. p. 49 (1889) ; id. ed, 



Hume, Nests 8f Bggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 35 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



iv. p. 329 (1903). 



The eggs of the Green-backed Titmouse are very similar to those 

 of the Indian Grey Titmouse. The markings, however, are of a 

 much richer colour, being of a deep reddish-brown or purplish-red. 

 Specimens measure from -64 to -75 in length, and from '5 to "54 in, 

 breadth. 



8. Himalayas. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Dharmsala, Himalayas, 28th April. Hume Coll. 



3. Simla, April. Hume Coll. 



1. Lebong, Sikhim, 14th July. Hume Coll. 



4. Mongphoo, Darjiling {J. Gammie). Hume CoU. 



2. Mongphoo, 6th April {J. (?.). Hume CoU... 

 2. Mongphoo, 11th April (/. G.). Hume Coll. 



