1 2 PARID-E. 



a, h. 2 <S f^^- sli- Ovaquenvama, May -30, E. B. Sliarpe, Esq. 



l6(}7 (C.J. Anclerssoii). ('J^VP'^ f'f species.) 



c. $ ad. sk. Ovaquenvama, June 0, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



lS(i7{C.J.Aiidersson). (Tvpe of species.) 



(i, e. cJ ? ail. sk. Elephant Vley, Oct. 8, R. B." Sharpe, Esq. [C.]. 



1859 ( C. J. Andersson). 



7. .ffigitlialus flavifrons. 



^githalus flavifi'ons, Cass. Pr. Ac. Nat. So. Phihid. 1855, p. 325, & 

 1858, pi. i. fig. '2 ; Hartlaub, Orn. Westafr. p. 71. 



Male. Forehead bright yellow : entire plumage of the upper 2)arts 

 olive-green tinged with yellow, lightest on the rump; quills aud 

 tail dark brown, the feathers of both edged with yellowish green on 

 their outer webs ; entire iniderparts pale yellow tinged with green ; 

 inferior wing-coverts white ; bill and feet light horn-colour. Total 

 length 3| inches, wing 2\, tail 1|. 



Hab. Gaboon. 



8. .Slgithalus flaviceps. 



^githalus flaviceps, Sundeo. CEfvers. K. Vet.-Akad. Fork. Stochh. 



1850, p. 129. 

 Conirostrum ornatum, Laicrence, Ann. N. Y. Lye. N. H. 1851, p. 113, 



pi. V. fig. 1. 

 Psaltria flaviceps, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 37. 

 Paroides flaviceps, Baird, Cass., ^- Lmvt: p. 400, pi. 58. fig. 2 (1860) 



{called ^'Egithalus flaviceps on the plate). 

 Psaltriparus flaviceps, Sdat. Cat. Am. B. p. 13, no. 79 (1862). 

 Auripaius flaviceps, Baird, Rev. Am. B. p. 85 (1864) ; Cooper, Birds 



Calif, p. 51 ; Coues, Key N. Am. B. p. 82 ; Baird, Breio., i^- 



Ridytv. i. p. 112 ; Coues, B. Colorado Vail. p. 129; Salvin 8f Godman, 



Biol. Cent.-Amer., Aves, p. 59. 

 Parus flavifrons (Suiidev.) {I), Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 234, no. 3394 



(1869). 



Head all round, throat, and fore neck golden yellow, slightly 

 darker on the occiput ; lesser wing-coverts deep chestnut ; rest of 

 wing-coverts, quills, and tail brown, with paler greyish edgings ; all 

 the rest of the upper parts pale ashy brown ; underparts uniform 

 dull white ; many of the feathers of the back and of the underparts 

 washed with yellow on their middle parts ; bill and feet black. 

 Total length about 4 inches, culmen 0-43, wing 1-9-2-1, tail 2, tarsus 

 0-55-0-58. 



Hah. IVorthern Mexico, Lower California, and Texas. 



a. 2 ad. sk. La Paz, Lower California. A. Forrer, Esq. [C.]. 



h. Ad. sk. Cahfornia. Piurchased. 



