PARID.E — THE TITMICK. 93 



Lophophanes woUweberi, Bonap. 



WOLLWEBEE'S TITMOUSE; STSIPED-HEADEO TITMOUSE. 



loph>t>hmies nollnubrri, Bon. C. K. XXXI, Se]>t. 1850, 478. — Westermann, Bijtlr. Bier- 

 kunJe, III, 1851, 15, plate. — Baiud, Birtls N. Am. 1858, 386, pi. liii, lis- 1 ; Keviow, 

 79. —ScLATEU, P. Z. S. 1858, 299 (Oaxaca, high lands). — Ib. Catal. I8t>l, 14, no. 89. 

 — CooPEK, BiriU I'al. I, 43. Panis auuexus, Cas.sin, Pr. A. N. Sc. V, Oct. 1850, 

 103, pi. i. Lojt/iop/uiiies (jaleatus^ t'AUANlb, Mus. Hein. 1850, 1851, 90. 



Sp. Ciiak. Central portion of crest ash, encircleil by black, commencing as a frontal 

 band, and pacssing over the eye. Chin, throat, and a line from l)ehind the eye and curving 

 round tlie auriculars to the throat (bordered behind by white), as also some occipital 

 feathers, black. A white line from above the eye margining the crest, with the cheeks 

 below the eye and under parts generally wliite. A black half-collar on the nape. Upper 

 parts of body ashy Lengtii, about 4.50 ; wing, 2.'A). 



Hab. Southern Rocky Mountains of United States, and along table-lands through 

 Mexico, to Oaxaca (high regions, Sclater). Orizaba (Alpine regions, Sum.). 



Habits. Wollweber's Titmouse, so far as its distribution is known, is 

 a bird of Western Texas, the liigh table-lands of Mexico, and of the whole 

 of Xew Mexico. It was described l>y Bonaparte and by Cassin nearly simul- 

 taneously, in 1850. It bears a very close resemblance to the Lophophmies 

 ci'uitatus of Europe. 



Although comparatively nothing is known in reference to the specific hab- 

 its of this species, they may be very readily inferred from those of the other 

 members of tliis genus, whose chai'acteristics are all so well marked and so 

 uniform. Dr. Kennerly is the only one of our naturalists who has men- 

 tioned meeting the species in its living form. In his Report upon the Birds 

 of Lieutenant Whipple's Survey he states that he found it in tlie thick l)ushes 

 along the Pueblo Creek. Wherever noticed it was constantly in motion, 

 hopping from twig to twig in search of its food. He also found it among 

 the pines of the Aztec Mountains. Xo mention is made of its nest or eggs, 

 and its niditication remains to be ascertained. 



Genus PARX7S, Lixn\«us. 



Parus, LixxjEUs, Syst. Nat. 1735. (Type, P. major.) 



Gen. Char. Head not crested. Body and hea«l full. Tail moderately long, and slightly 

 rounded. Bill conical, not very stout; the upper and under outlines very gently and 

 slightly convex. Tarsus but little longer than mitldle toe. Head and neck generally black 

 or brown, with sides white. Nest in holes. Eggs white, sprinkled with red. 



In the group, as defined above, are embraced several genera of modern 

 systematists. The true black-capped American Titmice belong to the section 

 Piecile of Kaup, and exhibit but three well-marked forms ; one, P. montanns, 

 with a white stripe over the eye; one, atricapilliis, without it, with black 



