AVES TYRANNID^. 



Anairetes parulus parulus (Kittlitz). 



803 



Mitscicapa parulus Kittlitz, Mem. Acad. Petersbg. i. p. 190, pi. 9 (1831) 



(Concepcion). 

 Sihia bloxami Gx2i.y, Zool. Misc. 1831, p. 11. 

 Regitlus piumbeus Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 94, pi. 25 (1848). 



Descyiption. — Adult male, P. U. O. C. 7648, Punta Arenas, Chile, De- 

 cember, 27, 1897, J- B. Hatcher. Total length, 3.90 inches; wing, 1.90; 

 culmen, .28; tail, 1.80; tarsus, .75. Upper parts hair brown with an 

 olivaceous tinge, head crested, darker, the long feathers almost black, 

 frontal feathers varied with white, long white superciliaries; below pale 

 lemon yellow, becoming white on the throat; throat and breast thickly 



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Fig. 393. Anairetes parulus parulus, cT 7646. About two-thirds natural size. 



streaked with dull black; wings with narrow olive edgings to the prima- 

 ries and obscure lighter tips to the greater coverts, tail with the outer 

 web of the lateral feathers white ; bill and feet black. 



Geogyapiiical Range. — Chile to Straits of Magellan. 



A. A. Lane, speaking of its occurrence in Chile, says: "It is much more 

 numerous in the south, where it takes the place of the Tits of Europe. 

 It is generally called the 'Torito,' from the crest on its head, which the 

 Chilians think makes it resemble a bull. It is, I believe, a resident spe- 

 cies; I saw it as far south as I went. It is also plentiful about Coronel 

 and in the surrounding districts. It is of general occurrence, but most 



