

PSALTRIA? LEUCOGENYS. 



Afg-han Tit. 





Parus leucogenys, Moore in Proc. of Zool. Soc. 1854, p. 



Orites leucogenys, Horsf. Cat. of Birds in Mus. East Ind. Comp., vol. i. p. 374. 



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Two examples of this Tit, the only specimens I have seen, grace the collection of the Honourable East India 

 Company ; they were procured by Mr. W. Griffith in Afghanistan. It departs in some slight degree from 

 the typical species of the form with which I have associated it, in having a somewhat more squarely-formed 

 tail, and a more thick and lax plumage ; still, the structure of its bill and feet clearly indicate, in my opinion, 

 that it is more nearly allied to the members of the genus Psaltria than to those of any other. 



From Dr. Horsfield's " Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum of the East India Company," I learn that, 

 according to Mr. Griffith's MS. notes, it is " found in pairs in the woods above Balu Chughur, at four 

 thousand feet elevation ; " and this is all that has yet been recorded respecting it. 



Forehead and crown obscure reddish-brown ; lores, a broad streak passing over the eye to the occiput, 

 chin and throat jet-black ; cheeks, ear-coverts and sides of the neck creamy-white ; upper surface brownish 

 olive-grey, with a pinkish or buffy tinge on the rump ; wings greyish-brown, margined with a silvery 

 hue ; spurious wing brownish-black ; tail pale brown, becoming darker towards the tip, the outer feather 

 margined and tipped with white, and the next on each side obliquely tipped with white ; under surface 

 vinous-brown ; bill black ; feet yellowish-brown. 



The figures are of the natural size. 



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