310 AVES : TASSEKKS. — XLVI. 



1010. S. pusilla Latliani. Hkown-hkadkd Nuthatch. Ashy- 

 blue ; crown clear brown, a whitish sjtot on nape ; pale rusty below. 

 L. 4. W. 2f T. 1^. S. K. U. S., N. to Md. (Lat., weak.) 



528. PARUS Linnajus. (Lat., a titmouse.) 



a. Head conspicuously crested. {Lophophants Kaup.) 



1011. P. bicolor L. Tuftkd Titmoi'sk. Grayish ash, the fore- 

 head alone blaek ; whitish below ; sides washed with reddish. L. 6|. 

 W. ?,\. T. 3^. E. U. S., southerly, N. to Mich. ; abundant in 

 woodland and remarkable for its loud, cheerful whistle. 



an. Head not crested. (Parus.) 



1012. P. carolinensis Audubon. Southern Chickadee. Sim- 

 ilar to the next ; tertials and greater winf; coverts without whitish 

 edgings ; smaller ; tail shorter. L. 4^. AV. "2^. T. 2^. Southern, 

 N. to S. Pa. and Ind. ; often regarded as a winter resident variety 

 of the next. 



1013. P. atricapillus L. Titmouse. Black-capped Ciiicka- 

 DEE. Grayish ash; wings and tail plain, with whitish edgings; 

 crown, nape, chin, and throat black ; cheeks white ; no white super- 

 ciliary line. L. 5. W. 2^. T. 2^. N. Am., S. to Ind. and Va., 

 abundant; represented N. W. by var. septentrionalis Harris; paler, 

 with tail (2 J) longer than wings. (Lat., black-haired.) 



1014. P. hudsonicus J'orster. Olive brown; crown browner; 

 some i)ale chestnut below; throat black; a white stripe through 

 eye. L. 5. W. 2^. T. 2f. N. N. Am., S. to :\Iass. 



Family CLXXVIIL SYLVIID^. (The Old Would 

 Wakblkks.) 



Diminutive Thrushes. Primaries 10, the first short. Pill slen- 

 der, depressed at base, notched and decurved at tip. Rictus with 

 bristles ; nostrils oval. Tarsus usually booted, scutellate in J*oliop- 

 tlliiKe. Basal joint of middle toe attached its whole length exter- 

 nally, half way internally. A large family of nearly 600 species of 

 small birds, chiefly of the Old World, where they fill the place taken 

 in America by the Mniodltiike. The most famous of the group is 

 the Euroi)ean nightingale (Luscinia luscinid L.). 

 a. Tarsus booted; nostril with one or more minute feathers; winps loiiper 



than tail. (Rtgulina.) Kkoulus, 529. 



(la. Tarsus scutellate; wings not longer than tail. (Polioptilirxe.) 



roLlOPTILA, 530. 



529. REGULUS Cuvier. (Lat., dim. of rex, king— "of 

 the wrens.") 

 a. No-stril hidden by a single tiny feather. {Regulu$.) 



101.'). R. satrapa Lichtensti-in. Goldkx-cp.owxep Kinglet. 

 OHvaceous ; crown with a yellow patch, bordered with bhwk. 



