BIRDS — PAEIDAE PSALTEIPARUS. 



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The brown cap passes through the lower eyelid as far as can he detected, and its lateral edge 

 and the throat are darker than the top of the head. The third, fourth, and fifth primaries 

 have their edges rather whiter than elsewhere. 



The female has the colors rather duller. 



List of specimens. 



PAEUS HUDSONIOUS, Forster. 



Pants ftutfaofiicus, Forster, Philos. Trans. LXII, 1772, 383, 430. — Latham, Inde.x Ornith. I, 5GG. — "Miller, 

 Cimel. Phys. 1796 ; pi. x.xi, A," (Gray.)— Aud. Orn. Biog. II, 1834, 543; pi. 194.— Ib. Birds 

 Amer. II, 1841, 155 ; pi. 128.— Cassin, 111. I, 1853, 18. 



Sp. Ch. — Above yellowish olivaceous brown ; top of head purer brown, not very different in tint. Chin and throat dark sooty 

 brown. Sides of head white. Beneath white ; sides and anal region light brownish chestnut. No whitish on wings or tail. 

 Tail nearly even, or slightly emarginate and rounded. Lateral feathers about .20 shortest. Length about 5 inches ; wing, 

 2.40 ; tail, 2.66. 



HiA . — Northeastern portions of North America to the north Atlantic States. 



This species is quite different from the other North American titmice, though most 

 resembling P. rufescens. 



List of specimens. 



PSALTRIPARUS, Bon. 



Psaltriparus, Bon-ap. Comptes Rendus, XXXI, 1850, 478. Type P. melanotis. 

 JJegithaUscus, Cabanis, Museum Heineanum, 1851, 90. Type Partis erythrocephahis . 

 Psaltria, Cassin, III. N. Am. Birds, 1853, 19. 



Ch. — Size very small and slender. Bill very small, short, compressed, and with its upper outline much curved for the 

 terminal half. Upper mandible much deeper than under. Tail long, slender, much graduated ; much longer tlian the wings ; 

 the feathers very narrow. Tarsi considerably longer than the middle toe. No black on the crown or throat. 



This group of titmice is very well marked among the American species, and is closely allied 

 to the genus Psaltria of Temminck. A comi^arison with a typical specimen of P. exUis from 



