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Psaltriparus ftaviceps Sclatee, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 13 (Texas). 



Auriparus flaviceps Baied, Review Am. Birds, Aug., 1864, 85, part. — Ooubs, 

 Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., xviii, 1866, 79 (Arizona); 1868, 83 (do.); Check 

 List, 1873, no. 37, part; 2d ed., 1882, no. 56, part; Birds Col. Val., 1878, 

 129, part. — Cooper, Am. Nat., iii, 1869, 474, in text (Fort Mojave, Califor- 

 nia); Orn. Cal., 1870, 51, part. — Baikd, Bbbwee, and Eidgway, Hist. N. 

 Am. Birds, i, 1874, 112, pi. 7, fig. 11. — Hbnshaw, Eep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's 

 Surv., 1874, 99 (Camp Goodwin and Gila R., Arizona), 155 (Arizona); 

 Zool. Exp. W. 100th Merid., 1875, 173 (Camp Lowell, Camp Goodwin, and 

 Gila R., Arizona) . — Sennbtt, Bull. U. 8. Geol. and Geog. Siirv. Terr., iv, no. 

 1, 1878, 6 (Hidalgo, Texas; habits, etc.); v, no. 3, 1879, 378-381 (Lomita, 

 Texas; nesting habits, crit., measurements, etc.). — Merrill (J. C. ), Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, 121 (Edinburg, Texas; descr. nest).— Salvin and 

 GoDMAN, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1880, 59 (Saltillo, Nuevo Leon, etc.). — 

 Eidgway, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 50, part. — Bebwstee, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 81 (Cienega' Station and Tucson, California). — Ameri- 

 can Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886^ no. 746, part. — Beckham, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, 693 (San Antonio, Texas, Dec, Jan.).— 

 MoECOM, Bull. Ridgway Orn. Club, no. 2, 1887, 55 (Coahuila Valley, San 

 Bernardino Co., California, breeding; descr. nests). — Cooke, Bird Migr. 

 Miss. Val., 1888. 278 (San Antonio, resident).- Scott (W. E. D.), Auk, v, 

 1888, 166 (s. Arizona, up to 4,000 ft.).— Attwatee, Auk, ix, 1892, 344 (San 

 Antonio, Texas, resident; descr. nests). — Fisher (A. K.), N. Am. Fauna, 

 no. 7, 1893, 142 (Amargosa R., s. e. California; Great Bend Colorado R., 

 Nevada; s. w. Utah).— Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., v, 1893, 41 "(Grana- 

 dos and Bacadehuachy, n. Sonora). — Carroll, Auk, xvii, 1900, 348 (Refu- 

 gio Co., Texas, summer resid. ). — Oilman, Condor, iv, 1902, 88 (San Gorgo- 

 nio Pass, s. California, breeding). — Bailey (Florence M. ), Handb. Birds 

 W. U. S., 1902,462. 



[Auriparusl flaviceps Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 82, part. 



A[uHparus] flaviceps Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 269, part. — Eidg- 

 way, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 565, part. 



[Parus'] flavifrons Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 234, no. 3394. 



A\n(hoscopus'\ flaviceps flaviceps Hellmaye, Tierreich, 18 Lief., Mar., 1903, 134. 



Conirostrum ornatum Lawrence, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., v, 1852, 112, pi. 5, 

 fig. 1 (Eio Grande, Texas; coll. G. N. Lawrence). — Baird, in Stansbury's 

 Eep. Great Salt Lake, 1852, 327 (Texas).— McCown, Ann. Lye. N. Y., vi, 

 1853, 9 (Texas). 



AURIPARUS FLAVICEPS LAMPROCEPHALUS Oberholser. 

 CAPE VERriN. 



Similar to A. f. flaviceps but decidedly smaller (except bill), with 

 yellow of head averaging brighter, and the forehead more frequently (?) 

 tinged with orange-rufous; young, however, distinctly different in 

 coloration from that of A. f. flcuviceps, the upper parts being olive, 

 strongly tinged with olive-green, and the under tail-coverts (sometimes 

 most of under parts) tinged with olive-yellow. 



Adult mfflfe.— Length (skins), 90.5-99.5 (94.8); wing, 48.5-62 (50.6); 

 tail, 39.5-44 (42); exposed culmen, 8.5-9.5 (8.8); tarsus, 14.6-15.5 

 (14.9); middle toe, 8-10 (9).« 



a Ten specimens, from Cape St. Lucas district. 



