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REVIEW OF AMERICAN BIRDS, 



[part I. 



stouter bill and feet, and longer legs. As, however, our other species 

 vary considerably in this respect, I can hardly consider these as 

 more than specific diflFerences. 



Lopliophanes bicolor. 



Parus bicolor, LixN. Sjst. Nat. 12th ed. I, 1766, 340 (based on Parus 

 cristatus, Catesby, I, pi. 57). — Pr. Max. Cab. Jour, VI, 1858, 118. — 

 Lophophanes bicolor, Bon. List Birds Europe, 1842. — Baird, Birds 

 N. Am. 1858, 384.— Sclater, Catal. 1861, 14, no. Hl.—Bwoloplms 

 bicolor, Cab. Mus. Hein. I, 1850, 91 (type of genus). 



Lophophanes missouriensis, Baird, Birds N. Am. 1858, 384 (var. from 

 Missouri River). 



Figures : Wilson, Am. Om. I, pi. viii, fig. 5. — Aud. Om. Biog. I, pi. 301. 

 — Ib. Birds Am. II, pi. 125. 



Hab. United States, from Missouri valley eastward. 



(823.) 6.25: 10; 3.17. (1,292.) 5.66; 9.66 ; 3.08. (28,958.) 6.30 ; 10.30; 3.20. (32,281.) 5.80; 

 9.50; 3.00. 6,752. Type of \a,T. missouriensis. 4,731. Eyes dark-brown. 



Loplioplianes atricristatiis. 



Parus atricristatus, Cassin, Pr. A. N. Sc. Phil. V, 1850, 103, pi. ii (Texas). 

 Lophophanes atricristatus, Cassin, 111. Birds Texas, etc. I, 1853, 13, 

 pi. iii.— Baird, Birds N. Am. 1858, 385. 



Hab. Valley of Rio Grande, south. 



Locality. 



San Antonio, Tex. 

 Fort Clarke, Tex. 

 New Leon, Mex. 



Mexico. 



When 

 Collected. 



April 13, '51. 



Received from 



Capt. Sitgreaves. 

 Lt. J. G. Parke. 

 Lt. D. N. Couch. 



Verreaux. 



Collected by 



Dr. Woodhonse. 

 Dr. Heermann. 



Lophoplianes inornatus. 



Parus inornatitSf Gambel, Pr. A. N. Sc. Phil. Aug. 1845, 265 (Upper 

 California). — Ib. J. A. N. Sc. new ser. I, 1847, 35, pi. vii. — Lopho- 



