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Show 1871.] MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. 361 173. ACCENTOR MONTANELLUS (Pall.). Accentor temminckii, Brandt. Comes to Pekin with the great cold (David). Sent in summer plumage from the Trans-Baikal. 174. ACCENTOR RUBIDUS, Temm. & Schleg. F. J. t. 32. Pere David saw the head of a bird procured at Pekin, which he identified with that of A. modularis, L. 175. PARUS MINOR, Temm. & Schleg. F. J. t. 33 ; Swinh. Zool. 1858, p. 6229; Ibis, I860, p. 55 et p. 131, 1861, p. 332, 1862, p. 257; P. Z. S. 1870, p. 437. Amoy to Pekin, and westwards to Szechuen. 176. PARUS C_ESIUS, Tickell. Parus cinereus, Ibis, 1870, p. 348. Hainan. Our specimens agree with those from India. The Java bird, P. cinereus, Vieill. (P. atriceps, Horsf), can be readily distinguished by the black of the head extending beyond the white nuchal spot, and separating it from the grey of the back. 177- PARUS COMMIXTUS, Swinh. Ibis, 1868, p. 63. Parus minor, Ibis, 1861, p. 34 ; P. Z.S. 1863, p. 270. Like P. ccesius, but with some of the green tint on the back that marks P. minor, in fact intermediate to the two species. Canton to Foochow. 178. PARUS MONTICOLA, Vig. ; Gould, C. B. pl. 29. Sent by Pere David from Moupin to the Paris Museum. 179. PARUS INSPERATUS, Swinh. Ibis, 1866, p. 308. South Formosa. A smaller race than the last, with the white on the tips of the tertiary quills confined to their tips, and not extending to their margins ; barely separable. 180. PARUS VENUSTULUS, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 133. Ichang Gorge, on the Upper Yangtsze. 181. PARUS CASTANEIVENTRIS, Gould, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 280; B. of As. pl.; Ibis, 1863, p. 295. North Formosa. 182. PARUS PEKINENSIS, David; Ibis, 1870, p. 155. Pekin. Very like Parus ater, L., but with a few of the black coronal feathers lengthened and showing conspicuously over the white nuchal spot. |