DESCRIPTION OF LOPilOPHANES WOLLWEBERI 117 



Bridled Tit mouse 



I^oi>lioi>liaaes wollweberi 



L«3hf)phailCS WOllwebcri, Bp. CR. xxi. Sept. 1850, 473.— fres.'crm«;t«, Bijdr. Dierk. iii. 1851, 

 15, plate.— M. Stausb. Rep. GSL. 1852, 333. — Cass. 111. i. 1853, 19.— M. BXA. 1858, 

 386; ed. of 1860, pi. 53, f. \.-Scl. PZS. 1858, 299 (Parada, Mex.); 18.59, 373 (Oaxaca).— 

 Henry, Pr. Phila. Acad. xi. 1859, 107 C^ew Mexico).— B(i. U. S. Mex. B. Surv. ii. pt. ii. 

 1859, Birds, 14, pi. 15. f. \.—Bd. RAB. 1864, 79.— ,SW. PZS. 1865, 397 (Vera Cruz). —Cohcs, 

 Ibis, 2d ser. i. 1865, 164 (Arizona).— Coues, Pr. Phila. Acad, xviii. 1866, 79 (Arizona).— 

 Coop. B. Gal. i. 1870, 43.-00^68, Key, 1872, 81, f. 23.— B. B. ff R. NAB. i. 1874, 93, 

 pi. 6, f. i.-Hensh. Rep. Orn. Specs. 1874, 9d.—Hensh. Zool. Expl. W. 100 Merid. 1876, 168. 



ParilS wollweberi, Henry, Pr. Phila. Acad. vii. 18.55, .309 (New Mexico). 



Parus annexus, Oass. Pr. Phila. Acad. V. Oct. 1850, 103, pi. 1 (Texas). 



Parus galeatux, "Licht. Mus. Berol." 



Lophopliaiies galeatus. Cab. MH. i. 1850, 90. 



Ch. sp. — S 9 OUvaceocinereun vertice concolore ; infra cinereo- 

 albidiis; laterihrnet apiae cristw, torque miJiali, strigd postoculari 

 et auriculari, necnon guhi, nUjris; lateribiis capitis, strigd super- 

 ciUari et postoculari, albis. 



$ 9: Upper parts olivaceoos-asli, tba wings aud tail darker, edged with 

 the color of the back, or even a brighter tint, .sometimes nearly as yellowish 

 as in Eegulus. I.i^nder parts sordid ashy-white. Crest black, with a central 

 field like the back. Whole throat black, as in species of Parns. A black 

 line rnns behind the eye and cnrves down over the anricnlars, distingnished 

 from the black of the crest and throat by the general white of the side of the 

 head and conspicuous white superciliary stripe. There is also a half-collar 

 of black on the nape, descending on the sides of the neck, there separated 

 from the black crescent of the anricnlars by a white crescent, which latter 

 is continuous with the white of the superciliary line. There is considerable 

 whitish speckling in the black of the forehead and lores. Bill blackish- 

 plumbeous; feet plumbeons. Smallest: Length, 5 inches or less; wing, 2i 

 (•>.40 to 2.65); tail the same ; bill, i ; tarsus, | (0.00-0.70). 



Young : Chin narrowly or imperfectly black, and soiu'i of tha above de- 

 scribed head-marks obscure or incomplete. 



The singularly variegated markings of the head of this species at once 

 distinguish it. The .several black and white streaks vary somewhat in their 

 exact relations, and are too intricate to be fully appreciated, except upon 

 fresh or very well prepared specimens, where thej'^ will be found to be sub- 

 stantially as above described. The male and female do not appear to dif- 

 fer materially. 



same. Beneath dull ashy-whitish, especially on the breast, the abdomen 

 whiter, the sides chestnut-brown as in L. bicolor. Extreme forehead and 

 lores whitish; entire crest glossy black. Bill blackish-plumbeous; feet 

 plumbeous. Small : length about 3 inches; wing, 2| ; tail the .same. 



I have had no opportunity of examining very young birds to see whether 

 the crest is black at all ages. From analogy, it would be expected that 

 the crest .should at first be like the rest of the upper parts. 



The specitic name in this ca.se should be written atrocrintatit-s — the construc- 

 tion of the word requiring the ablativus instntmenti, as will be evident on reply- 

 ing to the qnestio)), How or with what is the bird cristainn * Aiis. If'ith black. 



