312 PABID-S!. 



Cyanistes cyanus {Pall.'). 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 5.) 



Parus cyanus, Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 143 (1872) ; Gadoto, Cat. Birds 



B. M. viii. p. 10 (1883). 

 Cyanistes cyanus, Tacz. Faune Orn. Siher. Orient, p. 432 (1891) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iv. p. 834 (1903). 



Two eggs of the Azure Titmouse are like those of C. cceruleus, 

 but the one from the Altai Mountains has a peculiarly glossy 

 shell. 



1. Dauria, Siberia (Dybowaki). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Altai Mountains. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus .ffiGITHALISCUS, Cab. 



.ffigithaliscus erythrocephalus ( Vig.). 



(Plate XIV". fig. 11.) 



Acredula erythrocephala, Oadoio, Cat. Birds B. M. \iii. p. 66 (1883) ; 



Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 67 (1899). 

 ^githaliscus erythrocephalus, Gates, Fauna Brit, Ind., Birds, i. p. 50 



(1889) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 36 (1889) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 335 (1903). 



The eggs of the Eed-headed Titmouse are of a blunt oval form 

 and with scarcely any gloss. The ground is pinkish or creamy white, 

 and the markings are almost entirely confined to a conspicuous and 

 well-defined zone round the larger end of the egg. This zone is 

 composed of a multitude of minute purplish-red specks which are 

 contiuent in the majority of specimens. A few minute specks of 

 the same colour are scattered over the remainder of the shell. The 

 eggs measure from "53 to -B in length, and from "43 to ■■46 in 

 breadth. 



4. Kotgarh, Hi}BRlayas. Hume Coll. 

 3. Simla (A. O. H). Hume Coll. 



2. Simla, April (A. 0. H). Hume CoU. 



5, Simla, May {A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



Genus PSALTEIPAEUS, Bonaj,. 

 Psaltriparus minimus (Townsend). 



Psaltriparus minimus, var. minimus, Baird, Brewer ^ Ridgw. N. Amer. 



Birds, i. p. 109 (1874) j Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 336 (1903). 

 Acredula minima, Oadow, Cat. Birds £. M. viii. p. 56 (1883) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 67 (1899). 



The egg of the Bush-Titmouse in the CoUeotion is of a regular 

 oval shape, glossless and plain white. It measures '56 by -42. 



1. North America [Smiths. Inst.j. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



