PARIDiE — AUKIPARUS. 



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at the extreme base. Hind toe small, about equal to the lateral. Tarsus but Uttle longer 

 than the middle toe. 



In the " Eeview," Professor Baird lias formed this genus for one species, 

 on account of its difi'eriug from Faroides (type, P. pcndulinus), in a curved 



A. Jiaviceps, 



bill, longer tarsi, smaller claws, and rounded tail. It differs from other 

 Paridce, in its longer wings and other characters. 



Auriparus flaviceps, Sundevall. 



THE YELLOW-HEADED TITMOUSE. 



^■Erjithalus flaviceps, Sundevall, UlVi-rsigt af Vet. Ak. Forhandl. Vll. v. 1850, 129. 

 (Sitka or California.) — Heerm.ixn, P. E. Rep. X. vi. 43. — Paroidcs flaviceps, B.\ied, 

 P. R. Rep. IX. Birds, 400. — U. S. and Mex. Bound. Rep. ; pi. xv. f. 2. — .luri'/jaras 

 flaviceps, B.iiRD, Rev. N. Amer. Birds, 85, July, 1864..— CouES, Pr. A. N. S. 66, 79. 



Conirostrum ormitum, Lawrence, Ann. N. Y. Lyceum, V. May, 1851, 113; pi. v. f. I. 

 (Texas.) 



Sp. Cii.\k. Above, cinereous ; head, all round yellow ; lesser wing coverts chestnitt ; 

 beneath, brownish-wliite. Length, 4.50; extent, 0.4O ; wing, 2.12; tail, 2.35. Iris brown; 

 bill black ; feet lead-color. 



Hab. Rio Grande to Mojave River, Calilbrnia. Cape St. Lucas. 



I found numbers of this beautiful little bird at Fort Mojave during the 

 wholu winter, frequenting the thickets of Algarobia and other shrubs, and 



