m BIRDS, PASSERES, 20, Hiruodo, 



vent white: sides yellowish} greater and lesser wing-coverts tipfc 

 with white; quills dusky with paler outer margins x legs lead- 

 colour. 



128. P. palustris. Rustygrey, beneath dirty white : head 

 and chin black • cheeks, sides of the neck and throat 

 white. 



Marsh Titmoufe. Br. Zool. t. 57. Zewin t. 120. Wakot t, 247, 



length 4 inches and a half: extent near 8 : weight 1 dr, and a half. 

 Bill black : iris hazel : head black, but not glossy : c/ttVoften spotted 

 with white : wings with or without a grey band or two : quill 

 and tail-feathers dusky-grey with paler outer margins : legs lead 

 colour. 



<129. P. Cfzruleus, Crown, wings and tail blue : front and 

 cheeks white : across the eyes and on the sides of 

 the neck a black stripe : back yellowish-green ; 

 breast and belly yellow. 



Tom-tit. Brit. Zool. t. 57. Lewin t. 121. Wakot t. 245, 



Length 4 inches and a half : extent above 7 : weight 3 drachms. 

 Bill blackish ; iris dark hazel : crown bounded by a circle of white : 

 wings with a white bar ; the primary quills white on the outer* 

 margin : legs lead-colour> 



130. P. eaudatus. Purplish, with a broad black band 

 down the back, beneath pale rosy : crown white, 

 surrounded by a black band passing through the eyes: 

 j tail longer than the body. 



Long-tailed Titmoufe. Lewin t. 122, Donovan t. i6» 



Length near 6 inches : extent near 7 : weight about 2 drachms. 

 Bill short, thick, black : iris hazel, edges of the eye-lids yellow : 

 head and cheeks white, with a few dark feathers : sides of the back 

 dull purple : throat and under part of the neck white: greater wing- 

 coverts brown, with a dull rofy edge, tipt with white : quills dusky s 

 the inner-ones white on the outer edge : tail 3 inches long, the fea- 

 thers very unequal in length, the 4 middle»ones black, the next 

 with a white mark near the tip, the rest obliquely white on the 

 outer-webs : legs blackish. 



131 • P. biarmicus. Rufous, chin and throat white : head 

 hoary : beneath the eyes a tuft of black feathers 

 pointing downwards ; vent black : tail as long as the 

 body. 



Bearded Titmoufe. lewin t. 123. Dc*ov,U l. Wakot U 248, 

 Length 6 inches and a quarter : weight 2 drachms and a half. 

 Bill orange, a little curved : iris yellow : breast flesh -colour 4 quills 

 dusky with pale edges, the inner-webs of the primaries White; 

 fecondaries with rufous edges : tail wedge-form, 3 inches long, the 

 outer feathers more or lefs white : /egs black, female without the 

 black tuft under the eyes : vent white. 



26. HIRUNDO, Swallow. 



132. H, rustica. With 3 toes forwards : above black 

 with a purplish gloss, beneath whitish: front and 

 chin ferruginous : tail-feathers, except the 3 middle 

 ones, with ah oval white spot. 



Chimney Swallow. Br. Zool, t. 58, Lewin f. 124, ■Wqket~t,.7>Qi* 

 Length near 7 inches : extent above 12 : weight neat 6 drachms. 

 Bill black: iris hazel : breast and belly white, in the mMewith a 

 tinge of red : tail much forked : legs dusky, 



133. II. urbica. With 3 toes forwards: rump and im* 

 dei neath white : tail-feathers entirely black. 



