PARID.E — PARUS. 



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and slightly convex. Tarsus but little longer tluui middle toe. Crown and thi-oat gener- 

 ally black. 



p. atricapitlus. 



There are five otlier Eastern species, several very closely allied. 

 Farus occidentalis, Baird. 



THE WESTERN TITMOUSE. 



Pams occidentalis, Baird, V. R. Rep. Birds, IX. .391 ; Rer. 81. — Cooper and Suckley, 

 XII. iii. Zool. ofW. T. 194. 



Sp. Cii.\k. Tarsi lengthened. Tail gi-aduated ; outer feather about 0.25 of an inch 

 shorter than the middle. Above dark brownish ash ; head and neck above and below 

 black, separated on the sides by white ; beneath hght rusty yellowish brown, scarcely 



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whiter along the middle of body. Tail and wings not nuieh edged with whitish. 

 Length, about 5 inches ; extent, 7.50 ; wing, 2.50 ; tail, 2.40. Iris brown, bill black, feet 

 gray. 



Hah. North Pacific Coast of the United States. 



Tills species was considered by Xuttall and Newberry to be identical with 

 the Eastern P. atricapillus, and indeed it differs very slightly from that bird 

 in plumage, while its liabits are almost the same. 



