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are totally distinct : it affects marshy places, and con- 

 structs its nest among rushes. 



Sp. 1. Ca. biarmicus. Leach^ Cat. Brit. Mus.p, 17. — Parusbiar- 

 micus. Steph. v. x. p. 62. pi. 7. — Britain, and throughout the 

 old continent. 



GENUS CXX.—MEGISTINA, Vieillot. 



Rostrum subrobustum, basi 

 glabrum, paulo lateratim 

 compressum, supra coq- 

 vexum, integrum, apice 

 aduncum. 



Nares patulas. 



Unguis posticus longissimus. 



Beak somewhat robust, gla- 

 brous at the base, a little 

 compressed laterally, con- 

 vex above, entire, hooked 

 at the tip. 



Nostrils open. 



Hind-claw longest. 



Sp. 1. Me. Stromei. 



Parus Strbmei. Steph. v. x. p, 70. — Norway. 

 Sp. 2. Me. lugubris. 



Me, vertice gula collo antice lateribusque nigris ; nucha, dorso 

 scapulisque cinereo-fuscis, alts caudaque Juscis, pennarum mar- 

 gine albido cinereis ; temporihus et corpore subtus griseo-albis. 



Megistina with the crown, throaty, neck in front, and on the sides, 

 black j the nape, back, and scapulars ashy-brown ; the wings 

 and tail brown, the feathers edged with ashy-white ; the tem- 

 ples and body beneath greyish-white. 



Parus lugubris. Temm. Man. d'Orn. 2 Edit. i. 293. — Lugubrous 

 Titmouse. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. vii. p. 255. 



Inhabits South-eastern Europe. Length six inches : 

 beak and legs deep grey : top of the head black : throat, 

 part of the front, and the sides of the neck, black : 

 nape, back, and scapulars ashy-brown : wings and tail 

 cinereous, the feathers fringed with whitish-ash : tern- 



