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IT. S P. E. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS — ZOOLOGY — GENERAL REPORT. 



LOPHOPHANES INORNATUS, Cass in. 



Parus inornulus, Gambel, Pr. A. N. Sc. Phila. II, Aug. 1845, 265, (Upper California.)— Ib. Ill, Feb. 1847, 



154.— Ib. Jour. Ac. N. Sc. Phila. 2d Series, I, Dec. 1847, 35 ; pi. viii. 

 LophopKanes inomatus, Cassih, 111. I, 1853, 19. 



Sp. Ch. Cre%l elongated . Color above olivaceous ashy, beneath whitish. Sides of body and under tail coverts very faintly 



tinned with brownish, scarcely appreciable. Sides of head scarcely different frum the crown. Forehead obscurely whitish. 

 Length, 5 inches ; wing, 2.55, 



Hub. — Coast of California and southern Rocky Mountains. 



The hill and feet of this species are lead color. The third, fourth, and fifth quills are longest; 

 the third and eighth about equal ; the second is shorter than the shortest primaries. The lateral 

 tail feathers are a little sliorter than the others. 



A specimen from Fort Thorn has the crest longer than in other specimens before me, measuring 

 1.35 inches from base of bill to. its tip. This may be a characteristic of the male, the sexes 

 being otherwise alike. 



This species differs from L. bicolor in having a whitish instead of black front, a more oliva- 

 ceous back, and in lacking the ferruginous tint of the sides. The size is considerably less. 



List of specimens. 



' Shot October, 1855. Length, 5.12; extent, 8.50. 



• Length, 5.60 j eilent, 8.50. Feet pale blue. 



LOPHOPHANES WOLLWEBERI, Bon. 



Lophophanes wollweberi, Bon. Comptes Rendus, XXXI, Sept. 1850, 478. — Westermann, Bijdragen lot do Dior- 



kunde. III, 1851, 15, Plate.— Cassin, III. I, 1853, 19. 

 Par-US annexus, Cassin, Pr. A. N. Sc. Phila. V, Oct. 1850, 103 ; pi. i. (Texas.) 

 Lophoplianes galeatus, Cabanis, Mus. Hein. 1850-'l, 90. 



Sp. Ch. — Central portion of crest ash, encircled by black, commencing as a frontal band, and passing over the eye. Chin, 

 throat, and a line from beliind the eye and curving round the auriculara to the throat, (bordered behind by white,) as al.io 

 8omc occipital feathers, black. A white line from above the eye margining the crest, with tlio cheeks below the eye and 

 under parts generally white. A black half collar on the napo. Upper parts of body ashy. Length, about 4.50 ; wing, 2.50. 



Hab. — Southern Rocky mountains, and south into Mexico on the Table lands. 



This is the most variegated species of its genus in North America, and is readily distinguished 

 from the others. I regret, however, that none of the specimens before me exhibit the bird 

 in its perfect plumage. 



The elongation of the feathers of the head extends quite to the occiput. The feathers on tlie 

 anterior half of tlie crown are ashy ; their extreme base black. The feathers composing the 



