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Group V. CHAM^^. 



The curious little bird which forms the single representative of 

 the present group possesses characters which seem to ally it to 

 several other groups ; and it is not surprising that it has been con- 

 sidered by Prof. Baird to belong to a separate family Ghamceadce. 

 The wing is essentially Timeliine, being concave and rounded, with 

 a large first primary ; the legs, too, are strong ; but in other re- 

 spects the general aspect of the bird is Tit-like, and Prof. Baird 

 places it in close proximity to the Tits in his ' Review.' 



1. CHAMPA. 



Type. 



Chamasa, Gamhel, Proc. Phi/ad. Acad. iii. p. 154 (1847) . . C. fasciata. 

 Range. Confined to the coast-region of California. 



1. Chamsea fasciata. 



Parus fasciatus, Gambel, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1845, p. 265. 



Chamsea fasciata, Gamhel^ Proc. Philad. Acad. iii. p. 154 (1847) ; 

 id. Journ. Philad. Acad. (2) i. p. 34, pi. viii. fig. 3 (1847) ; Cah. 

 Arch. f. Nature/. 1848, p. 102 ; Pp. Consp. i. p. 206 (1850) ; Cas- 

 sin, Iii. B. Calif. <§• Texas, p. 39, pi. vii. (1853) ; Baird, B. N. 

 Amer. p. 370 (1858); id. Review Amer. B. p. 76 (1864) ; Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. i. p. 238, no. 3446 (1869) ; Cooper, B. Calif, p. 39 

 (1870); Coues,Key N.Am. B. p. 79(1872); Baird, Brewer, ^ 

 Eidgio. N. Am. B. p. 84, pi. 6. tig. 8 (1874) ; Coaes, B. Color. 

 Vail. p. 108 (1878) ; Eidqway, List N. Amer. B. no. 35 (1880) ; 

 Coues, Checklist N. Amer. B. p. 27 (1882). 



Adult. General colour above brown, rather more ashy brown on 

 the crown of the head and hind neck ; wing-coverts like the back; 

 quills dusky brown, the piimaries edged with ashy brown, the 

 secondaries with the same colour as the back ; tail-feathers dusky 

 brown, margined with lighter brown; lores and feathers round the 

 eye dull ashy whitish ; cheeks, ear-coverts, and sides of neck dark 

 ashy grey ; throat and under surface of body pale vinous, duller 

 towards the vent and under tail-coverts ; the sides of the breast and 

 flanks dull brown ; under wing-coverts and axillaries pale isabelliue 

 or vinous ; quills light brown, yellowish white along the edge of 

 the inner web; "bill and feet brown; iris white"' {Gamhel). 

 Total length 5-8 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 2-25, tail 2-25, tarsus. 

 1-05. 



Hah. California. 



a, b. Ad. Pk. California. 



