POSITION OF CHAMEA. 479 
No. 3.] 
SPECIES AND GENERA, GENERAL ForM. 
Tit-like rather 
than Wren-like. 
Chamea fasciata. 
Very small spe- 
Psaltriparus (the genus). diese. Tits 
; i 
Auriparus flaviceps. Sylvicoline. 
Parus (N. Amer. forms of 
the genus), Strictly parine. 
Sylvicoline chief- 
ly. 
Accentor modularts. 
Thryothorus (N. Amer. 
Compact ; typical 
forms of the genus). 
Wrens. 
TABLE. 
CHARACTER OF PLU- 
MAGE. 
Soft and lax. 
Soft and lax; tail 
long as in Chamea. 
Compact ; not es- 
pecially soft. 
Loose, long and 
very soft, may be 
crested or the reverse. 
Not 
compact. 
particularly 
Very compact; 
heads not crested ; 
tail short. 
PREVAILING COLORS 
IN PLUMAGE, ETc. 
Various shades of 
Ashy-gray, paler 
below, not crested. 
Head yellow; red 
in wings; general 
color ashy. 
Black, gray, and 
white; tail may be 
long or short. 
Brown; head not 
crested; tail rather 
long. 
Brown; various 
shades. Shows mark- 
ings. 
TARSUS AND OTHER 
POINTS. 
Obsoletely scutel- 
late; iris white. 
Distinctly scutel- 
late; iris yellow or 
brown. 
Ditto. Tail short; 
head not crested. 
Distinctly  scutel- 
late; iris dark. 
Distinctly  scutel- 
late, 
Scutellate. | Nos- 
trils exposed, not 
feathered over as in 
Tits. 
NEst, Eccs, AND 
REMARKS. 
Nest in bushes; 
eggs plain greenish 
blue (Coues). 
Nest pensile, large, 
side-opening ; eggs 
6-9, plain white. 
Nest globular; eggs 
spotted and white. 
Nest excavated; 
eggs 6-9, white, and 
spotted. 
Nest in bushes; 
eggs 6, blue. 
Nest built in any 
suitable nook or re- 
ceptacle; eggs white 
and spotted. 
