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with a violet or greenish gloss ; centre of the abdomen brown- 
ish yellow; under tail-coverts short and downy, brownish, 
tipped with violet; wings blackish brown, with light brown 
margins to the-feathers; rectrices nearly black, with bluish 
green edges, outer web of outer rectrix white ; iris dark brown ; 
beak and legs black. Female. Greyish, the lower flanks and 
rump violet-blue, nape light brown, the superciliary stripe 
narrower than in the male; cheeks and shoulders greyish 
brown ; throat, breast, and belly light brownish yellow ; sides — 
light brown, the feathers near the vent tipped with blue ; 
erissum brownish ; wings blackish brown, with greyish brown 
margins to the feathers; tail black, tipped with brown, the 
outer feather externally margined with white. Male—total 
length 4! 9", wing 2", tail 2” 14", outer tail-feathers 1” 84!" 
culmen 32!, Female—total length 4" 8", extent 6! 1", wing 
2" tail 2” 1", outer tail-feathers 1” 84!". This bird was met 
with in the pine-woods near Issik-kul, where it was seen 
amongst the branches of the trees.” 
At page 135 he also describes a long-tailed Titmouse as new 
under the name of Mecistura pélizami; and it is figured on 
pl. ix. fig. 1. I do not, however, give a translation of his de- 
scription ; for he now informs me that he has little doubt that 
it is referable to Acredula tephronota (Ginth.). This bird, he 
says, was found near Astrabad and on the island of Ashir-ade 
by Mr. Poltzam, the curator of the Kasan Museum. 
He also enumerates five species of Penduline Tits as oc- 
curring in Turkestan, viz. Aigithalus pendulinus, AL. atrica- 
pillus, A8. rutilans, 44. macronyx, and 4. coronatus, the last 
four being described as new; but he brought his specimens 
of these birds with him when he paid me a visit a short time 
ago, and then told me that he had since found that 4%. atrica- 
pillus and Ai. coronatus belong to the same species, and should 
stand under the name of 4. coronatus, and that 4. rutilans 
is the young of AZ. macronyx, under which latter name it 
stands; and he also informed me that Mr. Hume’s Aigithalus 
stoliczke is nothing but his 4. coronatus. He further 
(p. 186) describes another species of Penduline Titmouse from 
Astrachan (which does not, however, range as faras Turkestan) 
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