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XT. S P. E. E. EXP. AND SURVEYS — ZOOLOGY — GENEEAL EEPOET. 



LOPHOPHANBS INOENATUS, Oassin. 



Parus inornatus, Gambel, Pr. A. N. Sc. Phila. II, Aug. 1845, 265, (Upper California.)— Ib. Ill, Feb. 1847, 



154.— Ib. Jour. Ac. N. Sc. Phila. 2d Series, I, Dec. 1847, 35 ; pi. viii. 

 Lophophanes inornatus, Cassin, 111. I, 1853, 19. 



Sp. Ch.— Crest elongated. Color above olivaceous ashy, beneath whitish. Sides of body and under tail coverts very faintly 

 tinged with brownish, scarcely appreciable. Sides of head scarcely different from the crown. Forehead obscurely whitish . 

 Length, 5 inches ; wing, 2.55. 



Hub . — Coast of California and southern Rocky Mountains . 



The bill and feet of this species are lead color. The third, fourth, and fifth quills are longest; 

 the third and eighth ahout equal ; the second is shorter than the shortest primaries. The lateral 

 tail feathers are a little shorter than the others. 



A specimen from Fort Thorn has the crest longer than in other specimens before me, measuring 

 1.35 inches from base of bill to its tip. This may be a characteristic of the male, the sexes 

 being otherwise alike. 



This species differs from L. hicolor in having a whitish instead of black front, a more oliva- 

 ceous back, and in lacking the ferruginous tint of the sides. The size is considerably less. 



List of specimens. 



> Shot October, 1835. Length, S.12; extent, 8.50. 



' Length, 5.60 ; extent, 8.50. Feet pale blue. 



LOPHOPHANES WOLLWEBERI, Bon. 



Lophophanes toollweberi, Bon. Comptes Rendus, XXXI, Sept. 1850, 478. — Westermann, Bijdragen tot de Dier- 



kunde. III, 1851, 15, Plate.— Cabsin, 111. I, 1853, 19. 

 Parvs aimcKus, Cassin, Pr. A. N. Sc. Phila. V, Oct. 1850, 103 ; pi. i. (Texas.) 

 Lophophanes galeatus, Cabanis, Mus. Hein. 1850-'l, 90. 



Sp. Ch. — Central.portion of crest ash, encircled by black, commencing as a frontal band, and passing over the eye. Chin, 

 throat, and a line from behind the eye and curving round the auriculars to the throat, (bordered behind by white,) as also 

 some occipital feathers, black. A white line from above the eye margining the crest, with the cheeks below the eye and 

 under parts generally white. A black half collar on the nape. Upper parts of body ashy. Length, about 4.50 ; wing, 2.50. 



Hab. — Southern Rocky mountains, and south into Mexico on the Table lands. 



This is the most variegated species of its genus in North America, and is readily distinguished 

 from the others. I regret, however, that none of the specimens before me exhibit the bird 

 in its perfect plumage. 



The elongation of the feathers of the head extends quite to the occiput. The feathers on the 

 anterior half *of the crown are ashy ; their extreme base black. The feathers composing the 



