438 Ant. ßeichenow und Herman Schalow: 



Farn. CERTHIIDAE. 



190. Sittella albifr ons. 



E. P. Rarasay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Vol. 8 p. 24. 



All tlie head and ehest silky-white, iucluding the ear-coverts, 

 the Upper tail-coverts white, most of them with a large lanceolate 

 stripe of black down the centre; tail blackish brown; under tail- 

 coverts blackish, broadly margined and tipped with white. Feathers 

 of the rump adjacent to the upper tail-coverts white the outer 

 three feathers of the tail large'y tipped wiih white, the fourth and 

 fifth very slightly; wings blackish brown, the first uve of the pri- 

 maries with a small spot of white on the margin of the inner webs, 

 whicb forms a spot of white on the under surface of the wing, 

 indistinct in some specimens, more distinct in others. Small spot 

 of white on the under wing-coverts at the base of the primaries, 

 the lovver part of the ehest and the remainder surface of the body 

 silky-wbite, with a broad streak of blackish brown down the centre 

 of each feather; back and rump dark brown, the feather centred 

 with a blackish brown stripe ; bill yellow at the base, black at the 

 tip, under wing-coverts blackish brown; legs and feet yellow. Tot. 

 length about 4,2; wing 3,4; tail 1,65; tars. 0,6; bill from fore- 

 head 0,5 inch. 



Hab, : Table-lands of Mount Astrolabe, about 3000 feet above 

 the sea level. 



Farn. PARIDAE. 



191. Aegithalus calotr opiphilus. 



A. T. de Rochebrune, Bull. Soc. Philom. 1882/83 p. 166. 



Supra intense olivaceus ; uropygio pallidiore ; tectricibus olivaceo 

 rufis, remigibus rectricibusque fusco olivaceis, luteo marginatis; 

 fronte flavo ; colli lateribus, pectore, gastraeo, pallide flavescentibus ; 

 rostro flavido, apice fuscescente corneo; iride fusco; pedibus pallide 

 roseis. L. t. 70; al. 38; caud. 18; rostr. 6; tars. 11 mm. 



Hab.: Senegambie. 

 -|-. 1 92. Liopliophanes inornatus einer aceus. 



R. Ridgway, Proc. Un. St. Nat. Mus. Vol. 6 p. 154. 



Above ashy-gray, slightly tinged with olive, especially on the 

 rump; sides of head and neck paler ashy, gradually fading into 

 whitish-gray on lores, cheeks, chin, throat, and jugulum; other 

 lower parts grayish-white, the sides and crissum slightly tinged 

 with brownish. Bill and feet black (dark plumbeous in life?). 

 Wing 2,80; tail 2,50; culmen 0,38; depth of bill at base 0,20; tarsus 

 0,75; middle toe 0,50. 



Hab.: Lower California. 

 ^193. Psaltriparus Grindae. 



Beiding, Proc. Un. St. Nat. Mus. Vol. 6 p. 155. 



Entire pileum uniform light brown, or isabella color (exactly 

 as in some specimens of P. minimvs) ; side of head similar, but 

 paler, and gradually fading into white on chin and throat; remai- 

 ning lower parts very pale smoky-gray, with a faint lilace finge 



