BIRDS OF EUROPE, 



NOT OBSERVED U THE BRITISH ISLES. 



.GEANIVOEyE. 



Family PARID^E. (Bonaparte.) 



Genus Partjs. (Linnceus.) 



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. 



SOMBRE TIT. 



Paras lugubris. 



Parus lugubris, Natteree. Temminck. 



Bonaparte, 1838. 



ScHINZ. ScHLEGEL. 



Pcecilia lugubris, Kaup. Bonaparte, 1850. 



Mesange lugubre, Of the Fbench. 



Trauermeise, Of the Germans. 

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