122 CLASS AVES. 



Assure Titmouse. Parus Cyanus. Pal. Nov. Com. 

 Acad. Pet. XIV. 23. P. Cyaneus. Falk. P. 

 Scelbyensis. Sparm. P. Kujcesuk. Gm. 



Azure ; forehead, temples, spot on nape, and beneath, 

 white ; tail long. North Europe and Asia. 



The BlacJc-cap". Titmouse. P. Palustris, var. Lath. 

 P. Atricapillus. Wils. A. O. I. 8. PI. Enl. 502. 



Lead-coloured ; crown and nape black. North Ame- 

 rica. 



Siberian Titmouse. P. Sihiricus. Gm. PI. 

 Enl. 708. 



Reddish ash above ; head and neck brown ; throat 

 and upper part of chest black, with a white band 

 extending up the sides of neck. North Europe and 

 Asia. 



Jwoan Titmouse. P. Atriceps. Lin. Trans. 13. 

 p. 160. Horsfield. PI. Col. 287.-2. 



Above, bluish gray ; beneath, whitish ; head, blue- 

 black. Length, five and a half inches. Java. 



The Parus Malabaricus. (Sonnerat. 2. Voy. PI. 

 ex. 1.), and coccineus (Sparm. Mus. Carls. 48. 49.) 

 P. furcatus. Col. 287- — 1-, are traquets or fly- 

 catchers, bordering on Oranor. Vail; on Mot. 

 ruticilla. L ; and turdus speciosus. Lath. 



We may remark, that whenever the characters of a 

 bird are not very clearly marked, authors have been 

 in the habit of shuffling it from one genus to another 

 without end.* 



• These have been also named : — 



Parus lui^ubris. Lath. Tem. 

 Muscicapafuliginosa. Sparra. 



