46 PAEITU. 



Adult 2 . Fort Simpson. Total length about 5-3 inches, culmen 

 0-42, -wing 2-6, tail 2-(J5, tarsus 0-65. 



a. Ad. St. North America. Purchased. 



b. Ad. sk. North America. Gould Collection. 



c. Ad. sk. Hvde Tark, Illinois, H. K. Coale, Esq. [C.]. 



Mar. 18, 1876. 



d. e. Ad. sk. Fort Simpson. Bernard S. Ptoss, Esq. [P.]. 

 /. Ad. sk. Fort Dull'eriu ((?. N. A. Boundary Commission. 



Dmvson). 

 g, h. Ad. sk. Sumass, British Co- J. K. Lord, Esq. [C.J. 



lumhia. 

 i, h. I, ?«, c? 2 ad. West side of Rocky J . K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 



sk. Mountains. 



n. Ad. sk. California. John Gould, Esq. 



o. Skeleton. Pinchased. 



Subspecies a. Parus carolinensis. 



Pams carolinensis, Aud. Orn. Biog. ii. p. 474, pi. 160 (1834) ; id. 



Birds Am. ii. p. 152, pi. 127; BeKay, New York Fauna, p. 61, 



pi. 54. fig. 123 ; Cassin, N. A. B. p. 17 ; Baird, B. N. Am. p. 392 ; 



Sclat. Cat. Am. B. p. 13, no. 81 ; Coues, Key N. A. B. p. 81 ; 



Baird, Bretc, S,- Bidc/w. N. A. B. i. p. 102. 

 Precile carolinensis, Cab. Mtis. Hein. i. p. 90 (1850); Bp. C. A. 



i. p. 230. 

 Parus atricapiUus, Maynai-d, B. Florida, p. 30 (1872). 



This bird, according to Messrs. Baird, Brewer, and Eidgway, is 

 a very near ally of T. atricapiUus. The chief points of difference 

 are : — " the black of the throat extends much further back, is more 

 dense and more sharply defined behind than in P. atricapiUus ; the 

 tail is considerably shorter than the wing, instead of longer ; no 

 conspicuous white edgings to wings and tail." Total length about 

 7"5 inches, wing less than 2-50, tail 2-40. 



Ohs. The measurements given above (copied from the above- 

 named authors) do not show a considerable difference between the 

 length of the tail and wing. However, in the key to the species 

 {op. cit.) I find the foUowiaig measurements given : culmen 0-35, 

 wing 2-55, tail 2-30, tarsus 0-53. 



Hab. " Eastern Province of United States south of about 40°." 



a. Skeleton. N. America. Pm-chased, 



43. Parus meridionalis. 



Parus meridionahs, Sclaf^r, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 293, 1857, p. 81, 1858 

 p. 299; Baird, Cass., ^ Lam: B. N. Am. p. 392 ; Sclat. Cat. Am. 

 B. p. 14, no. 83; id. S,- Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 4; Baird, 

 Brew., ^ Ridgiv. N. A. B. i. p. 94 ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 63 ; 

 id. ^- Godm. 'Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, p. 57. 



Crown of head, hind neck, the whole throat and fore neck jet- 

 black ; cheeks, ear-coverts, and sides of neck pure white ; middle 

 line of breast and abdomen whitish, like the under wing-coverts ; 



