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Mr. H. F. Witherby on Birds from the 
Compared with examples of typical P. lugubris these 
specimens are shorter in the bill and tail. They measure:— 
tail 53-54 mm. against 60-63 in typical specimens; bill 
(from nostril to tip) 7 mm. against 9 mm. in typical speci¬ 
mens. The rust-colour of the stomach [cf. Orn. Monatsb. 
1905, p. 76, & Vog. pal. F. p. 369) is not present in these 
examples. 
Parus cxeruleus cceruleus L. [*B. 231.] 
Two males and three females, February and March, S. 
coast, Caspian Sea. 
$ . April 6, Elburz Mts. (north side, alt. 5000 ft.) 
“ Seen throughout the forests both on the plain and on 
the hills.”—R. B. W. 
Although in some of these specimens the yellow of the 
under side is rather dull, I think they must certainly be 
referred to the typical form and not to P. c. persicus, which 
seems confined, like P. m. blanfordi, to the Plateau. 
Acredula caudata tephronota Gunther. [B. 231. 
W. 1903, p. 529 ; 1907, p. 94.] 
^ 1 S. coast Caspian Sea. 
cJ. March 28, / > r 
<< Not uncommon all along the south coast of the Caspian 
and upon the forest-clad hills on the north side of the Elburz. 
The remains of a new nest were seen on March 26thP— 
It. B. W. 
These examples agree exactly with the type of the species. 
Anthoscopus macronyx (Severz.). 
$ ? . March 16,^1 g. coas t ; Caspian Sea. 
S • May 20, J . 
“ A few of these little Tits were seen at Ferahabad m a 
dense reed-bed, where they were very busy among the bottoms 
of the reeds. I saw them only here and once again in the 
reeds of the lagoon at BeshtP It. B. W. 
The male is rather small in the wing, measuring 54 mm. 
as compared to 59 and 57 in specimens from Syr-Darya, 
58 in one from Gjaz, and 56 in another from N.W. lurk- 
estan. The females measure 52 and 53 mm. Ihe male is 
