246 ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF B 
with compact white feathers. 
Australia. : 
Z. dorsalis. Z. Ill. i. 165. cinerea. Part 5. No. 44. — 
flava. West Af. ii. ambigua. Ib. No. 45. 
pallida. Part 5. No. 43. 
Parus, Linneus. Bill 
stronger. Wings with 
the three first quills 
graduated. Feet strong. 
Inner toe _ shortest. 
Claws broad, and much 
curved. 
Agithina, Vieillot. Bill 
lengthened, rather 
stout: culmen very 
slightly curved; the | 
sides somewhat cylin- | 
drical: the upper man- 
dible notched. Wings ‘ 
short; the first quill shorter than the second. — 
 (Vieillot.) (fig. 214. b) 
ZE. leucoptera. Vieil. Ois. d’ Am. ii. pl. 84. ¢ 
Higithalus, Vigors. (fig. 214.g) Bill very straight ; the — 
form acutely conic; sides compressed ; tips entire. 
Rictus smooth. Wings short, rounded. Feet robusi 
Tarsus short. Anterior toes nearly equal. | 
fi. Capensis. Ill. of Orn. iii. pl. 113. f. 1. 
Parus, Linn. Bill rather short, strong, conic ; the | 
sides compressed; tip entire. Tail rather lengt - 
ened, convex, even, or more or less rounded, Feet : 
latee and strong. Middle and hinder toes equal; 
lateral toes unequal. (fig. 214. h, k) { 
P. major. Selb. pl. 51. f. 1. _biarmicus. Selb. pl. 51. f. 6. 
caudatus. Ib. pl. 51. f. 5. leucopterus. West. Af, ii. 
Parisoma, Sw. Bill very short, straight; sides con- 
siderably compressed: upper mandible arched from 
the base, and notched; lower thick: the gonys 
