PARin.E — THE TITMirE. 



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Gen. Char. Crown with ft oonsj^icnous rrost. Bill ronical ; both upper an<l lower 

 • MitliiH'S roMvex. Wings jrnvlnato»l ; lirst «iuill very short. Tail uioaerately lon^' and 

 roun.led. Nests in hollo'.- trees ; ej;j;s white with fine red tlottings. 



Of tliis jjenus there are several Xorth Aineriean species, all a«,Mveiiij.^ in 

 ireneral chaiiictcrs. One of these, 

 the L. wo/lnrhfri, i.s given by Ca- ^ 

 hanis as typical, while he sepa- 

 rates the L. hivolor generically 

 under tlie name of Bivolophcs, 

 as having a ratlier ditt'erent form 

 of crest, stouter hill tuul feci and 

 longer wings. All of our s[)ecies, 

 however, vary in these charac- 

 tei-s, each one showing a different 

 combination, so that we prefer to 

 consider all as belonging to tlie 

 same genus with P. rristatifs. 



The species, all of which have the under parts uniform whitish, may be 

 arranged as follows : — 



L. bicolor. Above plumbeous; forehead blaek ; erown much like the back. Ifah. 

 Eastern Province United States. 



L. atricriBtatUB. Above plumbeous; forehead whitish; crown black. Jlab. East 



Mexico, north to Rio Grande. 



Ii. inornatus. Above oHvaceous; forehead and crown like the back. Ilab. South of 

 Mid«lle and Western Provinces of United Stiites. 



If. woll^iweberi. Sides of head banded black and white ; crown ash ; throat black. 

 JIab. S. Ivocky Mountains of United States; Mexico to Oaxaca. 



JjOjthojihanfS bicolor. 



Lophophanes bicolor, Bonap. 



TUFTED TmOUSE; BLACX-FBOITED TITXOUSE. 



Panis bicolirr, LiNN. Syst, Nat. 12th ed. I, 1766, 340 (based on Pants cristatiut, Catesby, 

 I, pi. Ivii). — Pu. Max. Cub. Jour. VI, 1858, 118. LophopJunies bicolor. Box. IJst 

 Birds Europi', 1842. — Baiud, Hinls N. Am. 1858, 384; Review, 78. — Sclatek, 

 Catal. 1861, 14, no. 87. Bccolophns bicolor. Cab. Mus. Hein. I, 1850, 91 (typeof fjenus). 

 Lirphophitnes missmiricnsis, Baird, Birds N. Am. 1858, 384 (var. from Missouri River). 



Figures: Wilson, Am. Om. I, pi. viii, tig. 5. — Am. Om. Biog. I, pi. ecci ; Ib. Birds 

 Am. II, pi. cxxv. 



Sr. Char. Above ashy ; a black frontal band. Beneath <lull whiti.sh ; sides brownish- 

 chestnut, of more or less intensity. Lenjjth, 6.25 inches; wing, 3.17. 

 Hab. United States, from Missouri Valley etv<tward. 



Feathers of the crown elongated into a flattened crest, which extends back 

 as far as the occiput. Bill conical; lower edge of upper mandible nearly- 

 straight at the base. Fourth and fifth quills equal ; third a little shorter 



