BIRDS—PARIDAE—LOPHOPHANES ATRICRISTATUS. 385 
List of specimens. 
Catal. Sex. | Locality. When collected Whence obtained. Orig. | Collected by— | Length. | Stretch | Wing. 
No. | No. | of wings. | 
(Oo eaee Washington, DNC sesa\= asain em enon Wm. Hutton..-_ SRS a| poriere aaaneee ee le 
823 | 3 | Carlisle, Pa_....---- Oct 2) )1820)) Sa Bairdmeres (ees cle pee | 6.30 | 10.00) 3.17 
1292.) ©) fseeens dotastanet naar Mar. 11, 1844 |-..... dows 25% BeBe Be eee eee oe 5.67 9.67 | 3.08 
6987 | 3 | St. Louis, Mo. -._..- May 13, 1857 | Lt. F. T. Bryan -- 83 W.S. Wood.--.-. lS2biooecs so eee aso) see 
4731 |..-.| St. Joseph, Mo..-.-. April 22, 1856 | Lt. Warren_.... eee te ee | 6.37 10.50 | 3.25 
4730 |.---| Fort Leavenworth---.| April 21, 1856 | Lieut. Couch___- | 
CH i eos See es Gossss seecccce Jan. 20, 1855 
7514 ot Independence, Mo ._.| June —, 1857 
| Northern Ilinois....| Winter-.----. 
3 | Union county, Ill---.| April 8, 1857 | N. W. University|.-..-- Reg SE NNICO thes |=eoetn eae |, 2a ae 
LOPHOPHANES ATRICRISTATUS, Cassin. 
Blacke-crested Tit. 
Parus atricristatus, Cassry, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phila. V, Oct. 1850, 103; pl. ii. Texas. 
Lophophanes atricristatus, Cassin, Illust. I, 1853, 13; pl. iii. 
Sp Cu.—Crest very long and pointed, (1.25 inches). Above ash colored. A broad band on the forehead dirty white, rest 
of head above, with crest, black, tinged with ash on the sides. Color of the back shading insensibly into the dull ashy white of 
the under parts. Sides of body pale brownish chestnut. Female with the crest duller black. Iris dark brown. Length, about 
5.25 inches ; wing, 3.00. 
Hab .—Valley of the Rio Grande and south. 
This species is smaller than L. bicolor, but the ashy of the back is of much the same shade. 
The frontal white band is quite conspicuous. The tail is a little rounded. The bill is a good 
deal sinuated on the edge of the upper mandible ; its color is black; the legs dark plumbeous. 
This species is easily distinguished from Z. bicolor by the white forehead and black crest. It 
has the same rusty sides. Z. cnornatus differs in the plain crest, and less conspicuous frontal 
light band, the more olivaceous tinge above, and the absence or mere trace of the brownish rusty 
of the sides. The crest of atricristalus is much longer, narrower, and more pointed than in 
the other two species. The bill is black, not horn color, 
As usual the southernmost specimens are smallest. 
List of specimens. 
Catal.) Sex. Locality. Whence obtained. Orig’!} Collected by— | Length. | Stretch of} Wing. Remarks. 
No. | No. | | wings. 
3974 | Gi | New Leon, Mex .......seceee Lieut. Couch.,........ 96 | 
| My Verreaux. .ceeesses 29713 
