PIPRIDiE. 



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Nares setis opertis. 



Alee raediocres, rotundata? ; 

 remige prima brevissima, 

 secunda et septima aequali- 

 bus, tertia, quarta, et quinta 

 fere sequalibus longissimis, 

 sexta paulo breviore. 



Pedes mediocres. 



Cauda mediocris, subfurcata. 



Nostrils clothed with bristles. 



Wings moderate, rounded, 

 with the first quill very 

 short, the second and se- 

 venth equal, the third, 

 fourth, and fifth nearly 

 equal and longest, the sixth 

 rather shorter. 



Legs moderate. 



Tail moderate, a trifle forked. 



This genus, characterized by my friend Mr. Vigors 

 in the second volume of the Zoological Journal, has 

 the beak more slender and pointed than the Titmice; 

 and in the construction of its nest it exhibits more 

 ingenuity than those birds. 



Sp. 1 . lEg. pendulinus. 



Parus pendulinus. Steph. v. x. p. 66.^— Parus Narboniensis. 

 Steph. v. yi.p. 68. — Europe. 

 Sp. 2. Mg. Capensis. 



Parus Capensis. Steph. v. x. p. 48. — Southern Africa. 



GENUS CXVIII.— PARUS, Linne. TITMOUSE. 



Rostrum basi plumulis an- 

 trorsum directis instruc- 

 tum, subrobustum, utrin- 

 que subcompressum vel 

 subovale, persaepe gracilli- 

 mum, acutissimum : rndn- 

 dibida superior recta, in- 

 clinata ; inferior apice ro- 

 tundato aut acuto. 



Beak furnished at its base 

 with small feathers point- 

 ing forwards, somewhat 

 robust, a little compressed 

 on each side, or somewhat 

 oval, often very slender, 

 and acute; the upper man- 

 dible straight, inclined ; the 

 lower rounded or acute at 

 the tip. 



