NEW ZEALAND TITMOUSE. 



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Ash-coloured Titmouse, beneath whitish, with the breast, abdo- 

 men, and vent ferruginous ; beak, feet, wings, and tail, black- 

 brown. 



Parus indicus. GmeL St/st. Nat. 1. 1015.— La^^. Ind. Orn. 2. 

 572. 29. 



Indian Titmouse. Lath. Syn. Sup, 11. 256. 4. 



Size of P. major: beak brown: forehead dusky: 

 prevailing colour of the upper parts of the body 

 ash-colour: wing-coverts dusky, with ash-coloured 

 margins : quills dusky : chin and throat dirty 

 white : breast, belly, and vent, ferruginous : tail 

 dusky and slightly forked : legs brown. Inhabits 

 India. 



NEW ZEALAND TITMOUSE. 

 (Parus xiowse Zealandiae.) 



Pa. cinereo-ruber subtus riifo griseus, super ciliis albis, rectricibus 

 duabus intermediis nigrisp lateralibus medio macula quadrata 

 alba. 



Reddish ash-coloured Titmouse, beneath reddish-grey, with 

 the supercilia white, the two middle tail-feathers black, and 

 the lateral ones with a square white spot in the middle. 



Parus novae Zealandias. Gmel. St/st. Nat. 1. 1013. — Lath. Ind, 

 Orn, 2. 571. 27. 



New Zealand Titmouse. Lath. Gen. Syn, 4. 558. 26. 



Called T6e-T6e in New Zealand, where it is 

 found : it is five inches in length : beak brown, 

 with a dusky tip : forehead rufous : supercilia 

 white: cheeks and sides of the head ash-colour: 



