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The Black-crested Tit, L. atricristatus, Cass., of the 

 Rio Grande, is five and a quarter inches long, the 

 wing three inches ; the color above plumbeous, crest 

 long, pointed, and black. 



The Gray Titmouse, L. inornatus, Cass., of California, 

 is five inches long, the wing over two and a half inches, 

 crest elongated ; the color above olivaceous ashy, beneath 

 whitish. 



Wollweber's Titmouse, L. Wollweberi, Bonap., of South- 

 ern Rocky Mountains, is four and a half inches long, the 

 wing two and a half inches. 



The Genus Parus has the head without a crest, body 

 and head stout, the crown and throat black. 



The Long-tailed Chickadee, P. septentrionalis, Harris, 

 from the Missouri to the Rocky Mountains, is five and 

 a half inches long, and the wing two and seven tenths 

 inches. 



The Black-cap Titmouse, or Chickadee, P. atricapil- 

 luSj Linn., of Eastern North America, is five inches 

 long, the wing two and a half inches, the Fig. u6. 



back brownish ashy, under parts whitish, 

 top of the head and throat black, and 

 the sides of the head between white. 

 The nest is generally made in a hole in 

 a stump ; the eggs rarely exceed eight in 

 number, the color white slightly dotted 

 and marked with light reddish. Two 

 broods are raised in a season. P. at 



The Western Titmouse, P. occidentalis, Baird, of the 

 Pacific coast, closely resembles the preceding. 



The Mexican Titmouse, P. meridionalis, Sclat, of East- 

 ern Mexico, is five inches long, and the wing two and 

 six tenths inches. 



The Carolina Titmouse, P. carolinensis, Aud., of the 

 Southern Atlantic States, is very similar to P. atricapillus, 

 but is smaller. 



