Sennett ov Nezv Birds from Texas. AT. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF A NEW SPECIES AND TWO NEW 

 SUBSPECIES OF BIRDS FROM TEXAS. 



BY GEORGE B. SENNETT. 



Psaltriparus lloydi, sp. iio\ . Lloyd's Bush-Tit. 



Adult Male: — Upper parts lead-color, whitening on forehead, and some- 

 what darker on back. Sides of head glossy black, which extends backward 

 on each side, meeting and forming a collar on lower back of neck. Under- 

 parts ashj white, darker toward the tail, and black on chin. Bill and feet 

 glossy black. Wings and tail light brown, edged with ashy plumbeous. 



Adult PUmale : — Similar to male but with ear-patches clear glossy brown 

 instead of black. More or less df black is seen back of auriculars and in 

 collar. Young similar to adults. 



Nest pensile, purse-like, composed of mosses, flower stems, and lichens, 

 having a lining of feathers. Eggs pure white. Breeds in pineries of 

 high altitudes. 



Habitat. Mountains of Western Texas, between the Pecos and Rio 

 Grande Rivers. 



The following data are taken from specimens in my collection 

 obtained in Limpia Caiion, near Fort Davis, Presidio County, 

 at altitudes of from 6200 to 6400 feet, by Wm. Lloyd, for whom 

 I take pleasure in naming this interesting new species. The 

 first two specimens named below are the types. 



No. 4895, (J.June 16, 1887. 



No. 4896, ? , June 16, 1887. 



No. 4897, ?, June 16, 18S7. 



No. 4S98, ? , June 16, 1SS7. 



No. 4913, ?, June 21, 1887. 



No. 4912, (y,juv., June 21, : 



No. 4903, ?, juv., two-thirds grown, June 17, 1887. 



No. 4904, $ , juv., two-thirds grown, June 17, 1887. 



Nest with one e^g taken in Limpia Canon, June 21, 1S87, 

 altitude 6200 feet, fastened to twigs of cedar seven feet tVom the 

 ground. The cedar tree was twenty-five feet high, situated on 

 a divide between two ravines. Identification complete, since 

 the female was discovered in the nest, and the male was perched 

 close by. Nest six inches long ; largest diameter, which is at 

 the bottom, 3 inches; smallest diameter, which is near tlie 

 top under the twigs that supported it, 2.5 inches. The egg 

 measures .58 inch in length and .42 in breadth. 



