422 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Psaltriparus flaviceps Sclater, Gat. Am. Birds, 1862, 1.3 (Texas). 



Auriparus flaviceps Baird, Review Am. Birds, Aug., 1864, 85, part. — Coues, 

 Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., xviii, 1866, 79 (Arizona); 1868, 83 (do.); Check 

 List, 1873, no. 37, part; 2d ed., 1882, no. 56, part; Birds Col. Val., 1878, 

 129, part. — Cooper, Am. Nat., iii, 1869, 474, in text (Fort Mojave, Califor- 

 nia); Orn. *Cal., 1870, 51, part. — Baird, Brewe'R, and Ridgway, Hist. N. 

 Am. Birds, i, 1874, 112, pi. 7, fig. 11. — Henshaw, Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's 

 Surv., 1874, 99 (Camp Goodwin and Gila R., Arizona), 155 (Arizona); 

 Zool. Exp. W. 100th Merid., 1875, 173 (Camp Lowell, Camp Goodwin, and 

 Gila R., Arizona). — Sennett, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., iv, no. 

 1, 1878, 6 (Hidalgo, Texas; habits, etc.); v, no. 3, 1879, 378-.381 (Lomita, 

 Texas; nesting habits, crit., measurements, etc.). — Merrill (J. C. ), Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, 121 (Edinburg, Texas; descr. nest). — Salvin and 

 GoDMAN, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1880, 59 (Saltillo, Nuevo Leon, etc.). — 

 Ridgway, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 50, part. — Brewster, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 81 (Cienega Station and Tucson, Caliiornia). — Ameri- 

 can Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 746, part. — Beckham, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, 693 (San Antonio, Texas, Dec, Jan.).— 

 MoRCOM, Bull. Ridgway Orn. Club, no. 2, 1887, 55 (Coahuila Valley, San 

 Bernardino Co., California, breeding; descr. nests). — Cooke, Bird Migr. 

 Miss. Val., 1888, 278 (San Antonio, resident) . —Scott (W. E. D.), Auk, v, 

 1888, 166 (s. Arizona,. up to 4,000 ft.).— Attw.^ter, Auk, ix, 1892, 344 (San 

 Antonio, Texas, resident; descr. nests). — Fisher (A. K. ), N. Am. Fauna, 

 no. 7, 1893, 142 (Amargosa R., s. e. California; Great Bend Colorado R., 

 Nevada; s. w. Utah).— Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., v, 1893, 41 (Grana- 

 dos and Bacadehuachy, n. Sonora). — Carroll, Auk, xvii, 1900, 348 (Refu- 

 gio Co., Texas, summer resid.).— Oilman, Condor, iv, 1902, 88 (San Gorgo- 

 nio Pass, s. California, breeding). — Bailey (Florence M.), Handb. Birds 

 W. U. S., 1902, 462. 



[Auriparus] flaviceps Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 82, part. 



A\^ariparus'\ flaviceps Coves, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 269, part. — Ridg- 

 way, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 565, part. 



[Parus] flavifrons Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 234, no. 3394. 



Alnthoscopusl flaviceps flaviceps Hellmayr, Tierreich, 18 Lief., Mar., 1903, 134. 



Conirostrum ornatum Lawrence, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., v, 1852, 112, pi. 5, 

 fig. 1 (Rio Grande, Texas; coll. G. N. Lawrence). — Baird, in Stansbury's 

 Rep. Great Salt Lake, 1852, 327 (Texas).— McCown, Ann. Lye. N. Y., vi, 

 1853, 9 (Texas). 



AURIPARUS FLAVICEPS LAMPROCEPHALUS Oberholser. 

 CAPE VERDIN. 



Similar to ^1. f. flaviceps but decidedl}^ smaller (except bill), with 

 yellow of head averaging brighter, and the forehead more frequently ( ?) 

 tinged with orange-rufous; young, however, distinctly different in 

 coloration from that of A. f. flavicejys, the upper parts being olive, 

 strongl}^ tinged with olive-green, and the under tail-coverts (sometimes 

 most of under parts) tinged with olive-yellow. 



Adult male.—l.Qngih (skins), 90.5-99.5 (94.8); wing, 48. 5-52 (50.6); 

 tail, 39.5-44 (42); exposed culmen, 8.5-9.5 {^.'6); tarsus, 14.5-15,5 

 (14.9); middle toe, 8-10 (9).« 



" Ten specimens, from Cape St. Lucas district. 



