356 ZOOLOGY. 



Family PARID^. 



117. Parus leucopterus, Swains. 



Birds of W. Afr. ii. p. 42. 



Parus leuBormlas, Eiipp. Neu. Wirb. p. 100, t. xxxvii. f. 2 ; et Syst. 

 Uebers. No. 170.— HeugL Om. N. 0. Afr. p. 407. 



This species I only saw in the Anseba valley, but 

 Captain Sturt gave me a specimen shot near Senaf^. 

 Measurements : — "Wing 3-2 to 3-25 in., tail 2-5 to 2-6, 

 tarsus 0'8, beak 0'5. 



Riippell in his description ("Neu. Wirb. "p. TOO, note) re- 

 ferred to Swain son's prior description of this species, but 

 proposed a new name,because Swainsonhad confounded the 

 Cape species, P. niger, with it. There can be no question 

 that both Swainson and RiippeU described and figured 

 the same species, for which Swainson's name is thus 

 proved by Etippell's own remark to be the oldest. 

 Swainson's title-page is undated (the date was 1837), 

 and Etippell's " Neue Wirbelthiere " was published at 

 intervals between 1835 and 1840. 



ii8. P. leuconotus, Gu^r. 



Gufc Kev. Zool. 1843, p. 162.— Ferr. et Gal. Voyage en Abyss. 



iii. p. 222 s Atlas, pL ix. f. 1.— Heugl. Om. N. 0. Afr. 



p. 408. 

 P. dorsatuSf Riipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 253, p. 42, t. xviii. 



Occasionally seen about Senaf^ and Adigrat, but not 

 very common. 



Measurements of four specimens : — Wing 3"1 to 3"2 in., 

 tail 2'55 in. 



