BIRDS—PARIDAE—PSALTRIPARUS. 
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The brown cap passes through the lower eyelid as far as can be detected, and its lateral edge 
and the throat are darker than the top of the head. 
have their edges rather whiter than elsewhere. 
The female has the colors rather duller. 
The third, fourth, and fifth primaries 
List of specimens. 
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Stretch | 
Catal.| Sex. Locality. When collect Whence obtained. | Orig’! Collected by— Length. Remarks. 
No. ed. No, of wings. 
6778 |....+...| Fort Steilacoom, W. T...| March, 1856 | Dr. Suckley........ eed tenectnr etn erecon 5.00 7.50 | 
6779 April 16, 1856 310 ies 
6789 +»| May 2, 1856 8. 
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1926 29,1853 Goy. Stevens 
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1924 Lt. R.8.Williamson. 
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PARUS HUDSONICUS, Forster. 
Parus hudsonicus, Forster, Philos. Trans. LXIf, 1772, 383, 430.—Larnam, Index Ornith. I, 566.—‘‘ Mituer, 
Cimel. Phys. 1796; pl. xxi, A,’’ (Gray.)—Avp. Orn. Biog. II, 1834, 543; pl. 194.—Is. Birds 
Amer. II, 1841, 155; pl. 128.—Cassin, Ill. I, 1853, 18. 
Sp. Cu.—Above yellowish olivaceous brown; top of head purer brown, not very different in tint. Chin and throat dark sooty 
brown. 
Tail nearly even, or slightly emarginate and rounded. 
2.40; tail, 2.66. 
Sides of head white. 
Beneath white ; sides and anal region light brownish chestnut. 
Lateral feathers about .20 shortest. 
No whitish on wings or tail. 
Length about 5 inches ; wing, 
Hab .—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. 
Locality. | 
Whence obtained. 
Collected by— 
J. J. Audubon 
Psaltriparus, Bonar. Comptes Rendus, XXXI, 1850, 478. 
PSALTRIPARUS, Bon. 
Aegithaliscus, CaBants, Museum Heineanum, 1851, 90. 
Psaltria, Cassin, Il. N. Am. Birds, 1853, 19. 
Cu.—Size very small and slender. 
terminal half. 
the feathers very narrow. 
Upper mandible much deeper than under. 
Type P. melanotis. 
Type Parus erythrocephalus. 
Tarsi considerably longer than the middle toe. 
Bill very small, short, compressed, and with its upper outline much curved for the 
Tail long, slender, much graduated ; much longer than the wings ; 
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 comparison with a typical specimen of P. evxilis from 
