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all the rest of underparts ashy grey ; mantle and back dark ashy 

 grey, with a slight olive tinge ; tail and wings like those of P. atri- 

 ccqyiUus, but withont the consi)icuous white edgings ; bill black, 

 feet lead-colour. Total length about 5 inches. 



Culmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 



in. in. in. in. 



Ad. (5 0-4 2-63 2-4 0(i7 



Ad. c? 0-4 2-7 2-4 0-74 



Ad 0-41 2-7 2-35 07 



Hah. Mexico. 



a, b, c, d. Ad. sk. Mexico. Purchased. 



e. S ad. sk. Mexico. Purchased. 



/. Ad. sk. Mexico. Gould Collection. 



g. (S ad. sk. El Jacale. Mexico, May M. A. Salle rCl. 



1857. ^ ^ 



h. Ad. sk. Mexico. Hi-. Mann [C.]. 



44. Par us montanus. 



Parus montanus, Gamhel, Pr. A. N. Sc. Philad. 1843, p. 259; id. 

 Journ. A. N. Sc. 2nd ser. i. 1847, p. 35, pi. viii. fig. 1 ; Cassin, N. 

 A. B. p. 18; Bnird, Cass., Sf Lmcr. B. K. Am. p. 394; Schit. Cat. 

 Am. B. p. 14, no. 84; Baird, Bev. Am. B. i. p. 82 ; Cooper, Birds 

 Calif, p. 46 ; Coues, B. N. West, p. 22 ; Baird, Brew., ^ Ridcjio. 

 N. A. B. i. p. 95 ; Cones, B. Colorado Valley, p. 122. 



Tery similar to P. meridionaVis in size and colour, but easily di- 

 stinguished from all the other black-capped Tits by a conspicuous 

 white superciliary stripe and white forehead ; as this white band 

 extends backwards as far as the occiput, a black stripe runs through 

 the eye, uniting on the hind neck with the black of the head. 

 General colour above a little lighter grey than in P. meridio7ialis, 

 and the underparts more wlitish ashy. Total length about 

 4-5 inches, culmen (ad. d ) 0-43, wing 2-Q5-2-82, tail 2-4-2-5, 

 tarsus O'T. 



Hah. Rocky Mountains and "VTestern N. America. 



a,b. c? 5 ad. sk. West side Rocky Mountains. J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. West side Rocky Mountains. J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 



d, e. c? ad.sk. Upper Ivlamath Lake, Oregon. A. Forrer, Esq. [C.]. 

 f-h. Ad. sk. California. Lord Walsingham [P.]. 



45, Paras lugubris. 



Parus lugubris, " Natterer," Temm. Man. d'Orn. i. p. 292 (1820) ; 



Less. Man. d'Orn. i. p. 318 ; Schi7iz, Ettro}). Faun. p. 219; Dress. B. 



Bur. iii. pi. Ill ; Danf. 4' Brotcn, Ibis, 1875, p. 303 ; Blanf. Bast. 



Persia, p. 229. 

 Pcecila lugubris, Bp. C. A. i. p. 230 (1850). 

 Poecile lugubris, Cab. Mus.Hein. i. p. 91 (1850) ; Deffl. ^- Gerbe, Orn. 



Europ. p. 569 ; Git/lioli, Ibis, 1881, p. 194. 

 Pentbestes lugubris, Beichenh. At: Si/st. Nat. pi. 62 (1850). 

 Poecila lugeus, Brehm, Naumannia, 1856, p. 3G9. 



