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24. Parus woUweberi. 



Lophophanes wollweberi, Bp. C. li. xxxi. Sept. 1850, p. 478 ; Wes- 

 tcrman, Bijdr. Dicrhunde, iii. p. lo, pi. (1851) ; Cassin, N. A. B. 

 p. 19 ; Baird, Cass. ^- Lcmr. B. N. Am. p. 386, pi. 53. fig. 1 ; 

 Sdat. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 299 ; Cooper, Birds Calif, i. p. 43 ; Coues, 

 Key X. A. B. p. 80 ; Sdat. ^- Salv. JVomend. Av. Keotr. p. 5 ; 

 Baird, Brew. 8,- Bidf/iu. N. A. B. i. p. 93 ; Coues, B. Colorado Vail. 

 p. 117; Salv. ■^- Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, p. oG. 



Parus annexus, Cass. Pr. Ac. N. Sc. Phil. v. Oct. 1850, p. 103, pi. i. 



Lophophanes galeatus, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. 1850, p. 90 (1850). 



Adult male. General colour above, including the hind neck, sca- 

 pulars, and most of the wing-coverts grey, with an olive tinge ; 

 primary-coverts, quills, and tail greyish brown, externally edged 

 with the same colour as the back; forehead and central portion 

 of crown ashy grej', sides of crown and crest black ; frontal region 

 white, bases of the feathers black ; ear-coverts, cheeks and the 

 region behind and above the eye, and parts of the sides of the neck 

 pure white ; this white colour is bordered behind, on the sides of 

 the neck and on the nape, by a black semicollar ; another black 

 band runs through the eye, bordering the ear-coverts behind and 

 uniting with the sooty black of the throat and fore neck ; under- 

 parts dull whitish, with a greyish or fulvous tinge, the fulvous 

 being principally pronounced on the flanks, abdomen, and under tail- 

 coverts : "bill black; feet dark hazel" (Sahin). Total length 

 about -l-o, culracn 0-37, wing 2-55, tail 2-35, tarsus 0-65. 



JEfab. Mexico, New Mexico, Arizona, and Western Texas. 



a. Ad. st. Mexico. Purchased. 



b, c. Ad. sk. Mexico. J. Gould, Esq. 

 d. Ad. sk. Mexico. 



25, Parus atricristatus. 



Parus atricristatus, Cass. Pr. Acad. N. Sc. Phil. 1850, p. 103, pi. ii. 

 Lophophanes atricristatus, Cass. III. B. Calif. ^- Te.v. i. p. 13, pi. iii. 



(1853) ; id. N. ^. i?. p. 19 ; Baird, Birds' N. Am. p. 385; Cooper, 



Birds Calif, i. p. 43 ; Sclat. ^- Salv. Xomencl. Av. Keotr. p. 5 ; 



Baird, Brew. ^- Ridgiv. N. A. B. i. p. 90 ; Salv. ^- Godm. Biol. 



Ceiifr.-Amer., Aves, p. 55. 

 Lophophanes atrocristatus, Coues, B. Colorad. Valley, p. 116 (1878). 



General colour above, including scapulars and most of the wing- 

 coverts, ashy grey with a slight olive tinge ; greater wing-coverts, 

 quills, and tail dark brown, edged with the same colour as the back ; 

 crown and crest sooty black ; nape and sides of neck pale grey, 

 this colour passing through the whitish ear-coverts ; a narrow 

 frontal baud, cheeks and whole throat, fore neck, breast, and 

 centre of abdomen white ; flanks pale reddish chestnut ; lower 

 abdomen, axiUarics, and under tail-coverts cream-colour ; under 

 wing-coverts and inner edges of quills whitish. Total length more 

 than 5 inches, culmen 0*45, wing 2"Si', tail 2-5o, tareus 0"8. 



The female has the crest duller black. " Iris dark brown ; feet 

 hazel ; bUl dark lead-colour " (Salvin). 



