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MALABAR TITMOUSE. 

 (Parus malabaricus. ) 



Pa. griseus, gula alis rectricibusque duahiis intermediis nigris^ 

 corpore subtus uropygio macula alarum basique tectricum late" 

 raliumjuhis. 



Grey Titmouse, with the throat, wings, and two middle tail- 

 feathers black ; body beneath, rump, spot on the base of the 

 wings, and sides of their coverts fulvous. 



Parus malabaricus. GmeL Syst. Nat, 1. 1012. — Lath. Ind. Orn, 

 2. 564. 5. 



La Mesange de la cote de Malabar. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 2. 204. 



^. ii4.y:i. 



Malabar Titmouse. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 555. 22. 



Beak black : irides red : head, hmd part of the 

 neck, and back grey: wing-coverts black, some 

 of the lower ones with a pale reddish spot: second- 

 ary and greater quills black : the tertials half red, 

 half black : the throat black : breast, belly, and 

 vent, fulvous : under tail-coverts pale rufous : 

 two middle tail-feathers black, the rest pale red, 

 with black tips : legs black : length of the bird 

 near six inches : female not so brilliant in colour : 

 all the under parts rufous yellow ; in other re- 

 spects she resembles the male. Inhabits the Ma- 

 labar coast. 



v.x. p. I. 



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