Vol. XV 

 1898 



1 Bangs, A'i'n' Birds from Eaaicm N'orlk America. 181 



li"-litcr — often i,n-;i\ isli ; ' loral and jiost ocular streak dark lirown, in 

 marked contrast to color of top of head; while spot on najie usually less 

 extensive ; underparts sli<rhtly darker, more plumbeous. 



Rkmarks. — Sitta piisilla caniceps is wholly confined to penin- 

 sular Florida. Specimens from St. Mary's, Ga., are rather nearer 

 the more northern subspecies, true ///i-//Air, while the one skin I 

 have examined from Screven Co., Ga., is true puxilla. The Flor- 

 ida form, though widely distributed over lower Florida, is not a 

 very common bird anywhere, not nearly so common as true 

 piisilla is in the Carolinas. I have examined a large number of 

 skins from many localities, the southernmost of which are Miami 

 on the east side and Clear Water on the west side of the penin- 

 sula. 



Parus (Lophophanes) bicolor floridanus, subsp. nov. 

 Florida Tufted Titmouse. 



Type from Clear Water, Hillsboro Co., Fla., $ adult. No. 3021, Coll. of 

 E. A. and O. Bangs, collected March 29, 1874, by C. J. Maynard. 



Subspecific characters. Size smaller than P. bicolor bicolor ; tail 

 shorter; bill larger; color of top of head and upper parts of neck duller 

 — less ashy; ci-est much shorter. 



Comparative Measurements. 



' This lighter tipping and edging to the feathers is apparently not due to 

 fading or wearing; it gives a pale variegated appearance to top of bead, very 

 different from the clear brown seen in S. pusilla pusilla. 



2 Coll. of E. A. and O. Bangs. 



^ Coll. of Museum of Comparative Zoology. 



