239. Parus cypriotes

239. SUBSP. PARUS CYPRIOTES.
Parus Cypriotes, Dresser, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 563 ; id. B. of E. ix. p. 123, pl. 658.
Ad. (Cyprus). Resembles P. britannicus, differing in having the nuchal patch much smaller, and the black extending much further down the throat. Culmen 0.6, wing 2.3, tail 1.9, tarsus 0.75 inch. The young bird differs in having the crown brownish black, the throat dull sooty, the white portions of the plumage washed with yellowish buff, and the flanks browner than in the adult.
Hab. The island of Cyprus.
Inhabits the pine trees on Cyprus at an elevation of 4,000 feet, where it was met with in small parties of five or six, and was not numerous. Its note is a feeble edition of that of P. ater, from which species it does not differ in habits.
Its nest and eggs are as yet unknown.