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28. Parus palustris brevirostris. Short-billed Marsh- 
Tit. 
a. $ . Khingan Mts., 3900 ft. April 29, 1908. 
h. $. „ „ 3700 ft. May 2, 1908. 
Iris dark brown; feet greyish-black; bill blackish. 
Compared with the others, two of my birds have slightly 
browner backs, and a faint metallic or steely sheen on the 
black part of their heads. Their bills are decidedly short 
and thick, and their wing-feathers are distinctly margined 
with greyish-white. Sir Evan James’s bird, from Chang- 
tsai-Ling, is still browner and, if anything, the bill is even 
more abrupt. I have therefore referred it to Taczanowski’s 
crassirostris, hut the difference between these two races seems 
to me to be very slight. 
29. Parus palustris crassirostris. Great-billed Marsh- 
Tit. 
a. S ?. Chang-tsai-Ling, 80 miles E. of Kirin. Nov. 1886. 
(E.J.) 
The measurements are : wing 2*5 in.; tail 2*7 in. 
30. Sitta amurensis. Amur Nuthatch. 
a. S • Lao-sung Ling. 1886. (E. J .) 
by c, d. $ and ? ?. Lao-sung Ling. 1886. 
Sir Evan James writes (Oct. 31) : “ We then crossed the 
top of the ridge called Lao-sung Ling, 1400 feet elevation, 
and descended into the vale of Tureen/’ This pass is about 
forty-five miles south of Ninguta. 
31. Motacilla lugubris leucopsis. White-faced Wag¬ 
tail. 
Tacz. p. 366; Dresser, p. 198. 
a, b. S S • Khingan Mts., alt. 3500 ft. June 3 and 4, 
1908. 
Iris very dark brown ; feet and bill black. 
32. Motacilla alba baicalensis. Siberian White Wag¬ 
tail. 
Tacz. p. 361; Dresser, p. 201; Hart. p. 304. 
