BIRDS — PARIDAE — PSALTRIPARUS. 



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The brown cap passes throngli the lower eyelid as far as can be detected, and its lateral edge 

 and the throat are darker than the top of the head. The third, fourth, and fifth primaries 

 have til I'ir edges rather whiter than elsewhere. 



The female has the colors rather duller. 



List of specimens. 



Caul. 



No. I 



Sex. 



6778 

 (1779 

 S789 

 67W 

 6791 

 67M 

 3931 

 1921 

 1»6 



19!!7 

 1934 

 1935 



Locality. 



When collect- 1 Whence obuincd. I Orig'l 



ed. ' No, 



FortSiellocoom, W. T... Miireh, 1856 Dr. Sucklcy I 283 



.do April 16,1856 do.. 



.do Moy a, 1856 do.. 



do. 



, do 



, do 



do 



Columbia river 



.do 



Fort VancoUTcr, W. T. 



San Francisco. 

 do 



March, 1856 do 



' do 



\ S. F. Bahrd... 



' do 



Dec. 39, 1853 Got. Stcvcno . 



Dr. Sucklcy 



Lt. R.S.Williamson 

 do 



310 

 354 

 295 

 263 



348 



25S 



Uollcclcd by— 



J. K.Townscnd. 



do 



Dr. Cooper 



Dr. llcermaon. 



Length, 



Slntch 

 orwiogs. 



5.0O 

 5.00 

 5.00 

 5.00 



4.50 



4.75 

 4.50 



7.50 

 7.75 

 8.0O 

 7.50 



6.. 50 



6.50 



Iris brown, legs gray, bill 

 black. 



PARUS HUDSONICUS, Forster. 



Pami hudionuMi, Forster, Philos. Trans. LXII, 1772, 383, 430.— Latham, Index Ornitli. I, 566.— " Mii.leb, 

 Cimel. Phys. 1796; pi. xxi. A," (Gray.)— Aud. Orn. Biog. II, 1834, 543; pi. 194.— Ib. Birds 

 Amcr. II, 1841, 155 ; pi. 128.— Cassin, III. I, 1853, 18. 



Sp. Cu. — Above yellowish olivaceous brown; top of head purer brown, not very different in tint. Chin and throat dark sooty 

 brown. Sides of head white. Beneath white ; sides and anal region light brownish chestnut. No whitish on wings or tail. 

 Tail nearly even, or slightly emarginate and rounded. Lateral feathers about .20 shortest. Length about 5 inches ; wing, 

 2.40 ; tail, 2.66. 



Hab. — Northeastern portions of North America to the north Atlantic States. 



This species is quite different from the other North American titmice, though most 

 resembling P. rufescens. 



List of specimens. 



PSALTRI PARUS, Bon. 



Psallriparus, Bokap. Comptes Rcndus, XXXI, 1850, 478. Type P. mtlanolis. 

 JlegUhaliscMS, Cabanis, Museum Hcineanum, 1851, 90. Type Parus erythrocephalus . 

 Psaltritt, Cassin, 111. N. Am. Birds, 1853, 19. 



Ch. — Size very small and slender. Bill very small, short, compressed, and with its upper outline much curved for the 

 terminal half. Upper mandible much deeper than under. Tail long, slender, much graduated ; much longer than the wings; 

 the feathers very narrow. Tarsi considerably longer than the middle toe. No black on the crown or throat. 



This group of titmice is very well marked among the American species, and is closely allied 

 to the genus Pscdtria of Temminck. A comparison with a typical specimen of F. exilis from 



