CHAiLEAD^E — CHAII^A. 



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Genus CHAMPA, Gambel. 



Chamcra, Gambel, Pr. A. N. Sc. III. 18-17, I'ti. (Type, Parus fasrhtits.) 



Gex. Ciiah. Bill shorter than the head, much compressed. Nostrils linear, covered by 

 an incumbent scale. Tarsus much longer than the toes, without well marked scales. 



C. fasciata. 



Lateral toes equal. Wings short, much rounded ; two thirds the length of the tail, which 

 is much graduated ; the lateral feathers not two thii'ds the longest. Feathers nan-ow, with 

 narrow outer webs. Plumage vevv soft and lax. 



Chamsea fasciata, Gambel. 



THE GEOTJND WEEN. 



Pan's fasrintiis, Gambel, Pr. A N. Sc. II Aug. 184."), 26.5. — Chamcca fnscinta, Gambel, Pr. 

 A. N. Sc. III. Feb. 1847, 154. (Type of genus.) Ib. 3. A. N. S. 2d Series, I. 1847, ,34 ; 

 pi. viii. f. 3. — Cassin, 111. I. ii, 18.53, 39; pi. vii. — Baiud, P. R. Rep. IX. Birds, 370. 

 Ib. Rev. Amer. Birds, 76. — Heer5ianx, X. vi. 43. 



Sp. Ciiah. Wings scarcely two thirds the length of the tail ; both very much gi-aduated. 

 Upper and outer parts generally (including the wdiole tail) olivaeeous-brown, tinged with 

 gray on the head ; beneath pale brownish-cinnamon, with obsolete streaks of dusky on 

 the throat and breast. .Sides and under tail coverts tinged with olive-brown. Lores 



