DESCRIPTION OF LOPHOPHANES WOLLWEBERI 117 



Bridled Titmouse 



TjOptiopliane!4 wollweberi 



L«I)hopbancs WOllWCberi, Bp. CR. xii. Sept. 1850, ilS.— Westermann, Bijdr. Dierk. ili. 1851, 

 15, plate.— Bti. Stanjjb. Eep. GSL. 1852, 332.— Cass. 111. i, 1853, 19.— Bd. BNA. 1858, 

 386; ed. of 1860, pi. 53, f. \.—Scl. PZS. 1858, 299 (Parada, Mex.)i 1859, 373 (Oaxaoa).— 

 Henry. Pr. Phila. Acad. xi. 1859, 107 (Sew Mexiuo).— M. U. S. Mex. B. Surv. ii. pt. ii. 

 1859, Birds, 14, pi. 15, f. l.—Bd. RAB. 1864, 79.— &J. PZS. 1865, 397 (Vera Cruz).— Ookcs, 

 Ibis, 2d ser. i. 1865, 164 (Arizona).— Coiies, Pr. Phila. Acad, xviii. 1866, 79 (Arlzoaa).- 

 Coop. B. Cal. i. 1870, 43.— Cokes, Key, 1872, 81, f. 23.— B. B. Sf R. NAB. i. 1874, 93, 

 pi. 6, f. H.—Hmsh. Rep. Orn. Specs. 1874, m.—Hensh. Zool. Expl. W. 100 Merid. 1876, 168. 



Parus WOllweberi, Henry, Pr. Phila. Acad. vii. 1855, 309 (New Mexico). 



Parus annexns, Cass. Pr. Phila. Acad. y. Oct. 1850, 103, pi. 1 (Texas). 



Parus galeatus, "Licht. Mus. Berol." 



Luphophanes galeatus, Cai. MH. i. 1850, 90. 



Ch. SP. — $ 9 Olivaceocinereus vertice concolore ; infra cinereo- 

 alhidus; lateribuset apice cristce, torque nuohali, strigdpostocularl 

 et auriculari, necnon guld, nigris; lateribus capitis, strigd super- 

 ciliari et postoculari, albis, 



S S : Upper parts olivaoeous-aah, tbe wings and tail darker, edged with 

 the color of the back, or even a brighter tint, sometimes nearly as yellowish 

 as In Begulus. Under parts sordid asby-white. Crest black, with a central 

 field like the back. Whole throat black, as in species of Parus. A black 

 line runs behind the eye and curves down over the auriculars, distinguished 

 from the black of the crest and throat by the general white of the side of the 

 head and conspicuous white superciliary stripe. There is also a half-collar 

 of black on the nape, descending ou the sides of the neck, there separated 

 from the black crescent of the auriculars by a white crescent, which latter 

 is continuous with the white of the superciliary line. There is considerable 

 whitish speckling in the black of the forehead and lores. Bill blaokish- 

 ^plumbeous ; feet plumbeous. Smallest : Length, 5 inches or less ; wing, 2i 

 (2.40 to 2.6.5); tail the same ; bill, J ; tarsus, f (0.60-0.70). 



Young: Chin narrowly or imperfectly black, and some of the above de- 

 scribed head-marks obscure or incomplete. 



The singularly variegated markings of the head of this species at once 

 distinguish it. The several black and white streaks vary somewhat iu their 

 exact relations, and are too intricate to be fully appreciated, except upon 

 fresh or very well prepared specimens, where they will be found to be sub- 

 stantially as above described. The male and female do not appear to dif- 

 fer materially. 



same. Beneath dull ashy-whitish, especially ou the breast, the abdomen 

 whiter, the sides chestnut-brown as in L. bioolor. Extreme forehead and 

 lores whitish ; entire crest glossy black. Bill blackish-plumbeous ; feet 

 plumbeous. Small : length about 5 inches ; wing, 2f ; tail the same. 



I have had no opportunity of examining very young birds to see whether 

 the crest is black at all ages. From analogy, it would be expected that 

 the crest should at first be like the rest of the upper parts. 



The specific name in this case should be written atrocristatus — the construc- 

 tion of the word requiring the ablativiis instrumenti, as will be evideut ou reply- 

 ing to the question, How or roilh what is the bird cristattis t Ans. JVUh black. 



