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A. — Great-headed Titmouse, Gen. Syn. Sup. p. 191. 



This Variety was met with in Norfolk Island, and differs in 

 having the breast of a beautiful crimson instead of orange. 



30— INDIAN TITMOUSE. 



Parus Indicus, hid. Orn. ii. 572. Gm. Lin. i. 1015. Mus. Carls. 2. t. 50. 

 Indian Titmouse, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 256. Shaw's Zool. x. p. 46. 



SIZE of the Greater Species. Bill brown ; forehead dusky ; the 

 rest of the plumage above cinereous; chin and throat dusky white; 

 breast, belly, and vent, pale ferruginous ; wing coverts dusky black, 

 margined with cinereous ; quills and tail dusky ; the last a trifle 

 forked. — Inhabits India. 



A. — Length six inches. Bill black, with a slight notch at the 

 tip, and a few hairs at the base, pointing forwards; plumage on 

 the upper parts bluish ash, or lead-colour; from the nostrils a streak 

 of black passes through the eye, and forms a crescent on the breast ; 

 within this the chin and throat are pure white ; below the breast, 

 pale rufous ; quills dusky black, with pale cinereous edges ; tail a 

 trifle forked, the same as the quills, which reach above half way on 

 the former ; legs black. 



Inhabits New-Holland. — In the collection of Lord Stanley. 



31— CHINESE TITMOUSE. 



Parus Sinensis, Ind. Orn. ii. 570. Gm. Lin. i. 1012. 



Chinese Titmouse, Gen. Syn. iv. 555. Shaw's Zool. x. p. 59. 



LENGTH six inches. Bill black, somewhat bent; plumage 

 above pale ferruginous ; forehead to the eye white, passing above in 



