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PA R U S ER Y TH RO C E PHA U U S .
P a r . s u p ra p a i l id i brunne sc enti-canus, su b tu s r u fe soe n ti-a lh u s ; g u lâ , s tr ig a supe rc iliari,
r e c tr k um c ju e la te ra lium p o g o n iis e x te r n is a lb is ; c a p ite su p ra r u f o ; s t r ig a la ta p e r oculos
a d nu ch am e x te n d e n te , thoraceqiie a tris.
S ta tu r a P a r . -pendulini, L in n .
T his delicate little bird, one of tbc smallest o f Its tribe, is interesting not only from Its being entirely new to
science, but from its pleasing colours and elegance o f form ; the head ami upper ports, Indeed, may be
noticed as being o f a tint very unlike that found among tlie genus Farm In general, in whose plninagc grey,
green or brown are usaally more o r less predominant. Tlic specimen from wbicb tbc figure was taken Is tlie
only one hitherto received iu England, and is believed to Inhabit the loftier portions of tbc Himalayan range.
The upper surface is o f a general ashy brown ; tlic top o f the bead dark rufous ; a white supcréiliarv line
passes over tbc eye ; tbc space between tbc beak and eye, and the cliecks, arc black ; the throat wliltc"; the
mldtlle of tbc neck black, bordered by a white Hue extending from the throat ; the under parts arc white
with a wash o f rufous ; beak black ; tarsi iiesb colonr.
Tlie figure is o f tlie natural size.
T a b . X X X . F ig . 2.
PA R U S ME LANOLOPHUS .
P u r . g r is e n s ; c a p ite c r is ta to qjectoreqne a t r i s ; g e n a rum , nuchcc, te gm in um q u e a la rum macidis
a lb is ; r em ig ih u s r e c tric ib u sq u e f u s c i s ; m a cu ld su b a lis r i f d .
b t a ln r i i P a r . a tro p a u ló m in o r.
1 ms is another ot the same beautiful group as the last, and inhabits the same locality. It bears, however,
a still closer resemblance to tlie smaller Titmice of E u ro p e ; its markings and general form being nearly the
same, vvbilc it is adorned with a crest equal in size to that of our crested species, Parus cristatus.
I 'h e head is covered with a black c r e s t; the sides of the chocks and oecijnit are white ; tiie sides of the
neck and the whole of the breast, black ; the back is black tinged with silvery g re y ; the wings and tail
b rown; the sides o f the chest and under tail-coverts rufous ; tlie bill is black ; the tarsi brown.
The Plate represents the bird of the natural size.
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