FAM. PARIDAz 
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slender, more than twice as long as hind toe without claw; acrotarsium covered in front with 
scutes which, however, are often fused into a single lamina; outer toe adherent to middle one 
for its basal phalanx, the inner toe united for a less distance. Wing 40-46, tail 38-48 mm. 
Coloration. Head above, wings and tail uniform brown; nape, back and upper tail 
coverts ashy, here and there tinged with brownish, Cheeks and ear coverts brownish white. 
Under surface dingy white, sides shaded with brownish. Sexes alike. 
Geographical Distribution. Island of Java. Monotypic. 
Habits. Boie (Journ. f. Ornith. Vol. 6, 1858, p. 365) tells us that, in habits, call-ncte 
and food, it closely resembles our Long-tailed Tit. Nothing appears to be known regarding its 
nidification. 
1. Psaltria exilis Temmunck. (Pl. 2, Fig. 2.) 
Psaltria exilis Yemminck, Pl. Col. pl. 600, f. 4 (1836) (Java). 
Fig. Gould, Birds Asia, Vol. 2, pl. 63. 
Hab, Island of Java. 
10. GENUS PSALTRIPARUS BONAPARTE?) 
Psaltriparus Bonaparte. Compt. Rend. Ac. Sc. Paris, Vol. 31, p. 478 (1850) (type : Parus personatus 
Bonaparte = P. melanotis Hartlaub). 
Pysaltriparus Westermann, Bijdr. Dierk. Vol. 1, no. 3, p. 16 (1851) (err. typogr.). 
Psalatrirus J. W. v. Miiller, Reise Ver. Staaten, Canada, Mex. Vol. 3, p. 571 (1865) (sp. un. : 
P. melanotis). 
Psaltrites Cabanis, Journ. f. Ornith. Vol. 29, p. 333 (1881) (nom. emend.). 
Characters. Bill very small, much less than half as long as head, much deeper than 
broad; culmen strongly curved, gonys less so. Nostril small, roundish or broadly ovate, 
concealed by the antrorse, latero-frontal plumules. Rictal bristles minute, only visible on close 
examination. Wing rather long, but much rounded; fourth, fifth and sixth primaries longest, 
third shorter than sixth, first primary about half as long as second. Tail slightly longer than 
the wing, the rectrices narrow with broadly rounded tips, much graduated. Tarsus about twice 
as long as middle toe without claw, slender, the acrotarsium distinctly scutellate; outer toe 
slightly longer than inner one; basal phalanx of middle toe adherent to outer toé for greater 
part of its length, to inner toe for some distance. Wing 47-53, tail 50-62 mm. 
Coloration. Above plain grey or olive, the pileum sometimes brownish; beneath pale 
grey or whitish, sometimes tinged with buffy or vinaceous on abdomen; sides of the head 
sometimes black. 
Nidification. Nest a very bulky purse-like structure, suspended to twigs of bushes or 
small trees, composed of moss, lichens, spider’s webs, and other soft materials, the entrance a 
small hole on one side near top. Eggs immaculate white. 
1) Characters and key taken from Ridgway, Birds North- and Middle America, Vol. 3, 1904, pp. 423-436; cfr. also 
Oberholser, Auk, Vol. 20, 1903, pp. 198-20r. 
