BIEDS OF EUROPE, 
NOT OBSERVED IN THE BRITISH ISLES. 
GRANIV'OR.E. 
Family PARID^. ( Bonaimrte.) 
Genus Parus. ( Linnams.) 
Generic Characters . — Beak short, straight, strong, conical, 
and compressed; edges sharp and pointed, the base furnished 
■with a few stiff hairs; nostrils basal, round, and covered with 
reflected bristly feathers. Feet short, with three toes in front 
and one behind, entirely divided to their origin; hind toe 
the strongest, and armed with a long hooked claw. Wings, 
the first primary very short, the second much shorter than 
the third, the fourth, fifth, and sixth about equal in length, 
and the longest in the wing. 
SOMI3RE TIT. 
J*ar>(s luyuhris. 
Parus luguhris. 
Ratteres. Temminck. 
Bonaparte, 1838. 
ScniNz. Schlegel. 
Kaup. Bonaparte, 1850. 
Pcecilia lugul)ris, 
Jlesange luguhre, 
Trauermeise, 
Of the French. 
Of the Germans 
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