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10. Elbeuf, France {Nowy : Hargitt Seebohm Coll 



Coll.). 



11. Pomerania, lOth May ( T. Holland). Seebohm Coll 



12. Pomeiania, 18th May (T. a'.). Seebohm Coll 

 8. Pomerania, 15th May {T. H.). Seebohm Coll. 



Cyanistes persicus (Blanf.). 



Parus (Cyanistes) persicus, Blanf. Ibis, 1873, p. 89 ; id. East. Pers. 



p. 230, pL xvi. tig. 2 (1876). 

 Parus persicus, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 14 (1883). 

 Cyanistes persicus, (SArtrpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 333 (1903). 

 Parus Cffiruleus persicus, Witherby, Ibis, 1903, p. 530. 



Two eggs of the Persian Blue Titmouse resemble those of 

 C. cceruleus. 



2. Dasht-i-Arjan, S.W. Persia (6700 H. F. Witherby, Esq. [P.]. 

 ft.), 9th April. 



Cyanistes ultramarinus {Bonap.). 



Cyanistes ultramarinus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 43. fig. 12 



(1856-63J ; id. J.f. O. 1856, p. 33, tab. ii. fig. 14; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



iv. p. 334 (1903). 

 Parus ultramarinus, Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 310. 

 Parus teneriifte, Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 139, part. (1871) ; Gadow, 



Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 14, part. (1883) ; Irby, Orn. Str. Gibr. 



2nd ed. p. 72 (1895) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 66 (1899). 



Eggs of the Ultramarine Titmouse in the Collection are of a 

 regular oval form and devoid of gloss. One is white, marked equally 

 all over with specks, and spots of two shades of chestnut-brown, 

 while others are more heavily blotched towards the blunt end. 

 They measure '58 by •47. 



1. Algeria (O. Salvin). Salvin-Qodman Coll. 



2. Morocco, 6th May. Crowley Bequest. 



Cyanistes teneriffsB {Less.). 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 6.) 



Parus teneriffae. Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 139, part. (1871'),. ix. 



(Suppl.) p. 127 (1895) ; Gadow, Oat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 14, part. 



(1883) ; Reid, Ibis, 1887, p. 433. 

 Cyanistes teneriffse, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 384 (1903). 



The eggs of the Canarian Blue Titmouse are of a pointed oval 

 form and devoid of gloss. They are white, speckled and spotted, more 

 thickly at the broad end than elsewhere, with chocolate-brown. In 

 some specimens the smaller half of the egg is almost unmarked. 

 Pive specimens measure from '61 to "66 in length, and from "48 to 

 •5 in breadth. 



6. Canary Islands. Capt. Savile G. Eeid [P.]. 



6. Teuerife, March (i2. Gomez). Crowley Bequest. 



4. Tenerife. Crowley Bequest. 



