BIRDS PARIDAE LOPHOPHANES ATEICEISTATUS. 385 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
When collected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. 
No. 
Collected by — 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Wing. 
7579 
823 
1292 
6987 
4731 
4730 
6752 
7514 
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9 
8 
$ 
Washington, D. C 
Wm. Hutton 
Carlisle, Pa 
Oct. 2, 1842 
Mar. 11, 1844 
May 13, 1857 
April 22, 1856 
April 21, 1856 
Jan. 20, 1855 
June — , 1857 
Winter 
S. P. Baird 
6. 30 
5. 07 
10. 00 
9. 67 
3. 17 
3. 08 
do 
do 
St. Louis, Mo 
Lt. F. T. Bryan 
83 
W. S. Wood 
St. Joseph, Mo 
6.37 
10. 50 
3.25 
Fort Leavenworth 
Independence, Mo... 
Northern Illinois 
Union county, 111 
Lieut. Couch 
do 
5 
W M. Magraw 
60 
Dr. Cooper 
6. 25 
10. 00 
3. 25 
April 8, 1857 
N. W. t niversity 
LOPHOPHANES ATEICEISTATUS, Cassin. 
Black-crested Tit. 
Varus atricristatus, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phila. V, Oct. 1850, 103 ; pi. ii. Texas. 
Lophophanes atricristatus, Cassin, Illust. I, 1853, 13 ; pi. iii. 
Sp Ch. — Crest very long and pointed, (1.25 inches). Above ash colored. A broad band on the forehead dirty white, rest 
of head above, with crest, black, tinged with ash on the sides. Color of the back shading insensibly into the dull ashy white of 
the under parts. Sides of body pale brownish chestnut . Female with the crest duller black. Iris dark brown . Length, about 
5.25 inches; wing, 3.00. 
Hab. — Valley of the Rio Grande and south. 
This species is smaller than L. bicolor, but the ashy of the back is of much the same shade. 
The frontal white'Jband is quite conspicuous. The tail is a little rounded. The bill is a good 
deal sinuated on the edge of the upper mandible ; its color is black ; the legs dark plumbeous. 
This species is easily distinguished from L. bicolor by the white forehead and black crest. It 
has the same rusty sides. L. inornatus differs in the plain crest, and less conspicuous frontal 
light band, the more olivaceous tinge above, and the absence or mere trace of the brownish rusty 
of the sides. The crest of atricristatus is much longer, narrower, and more pointed than in 
the other two species. The bill is black, not horn color. 
As usual the southernmost specimens are smallest. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig'l 
No. 
Collected b>— 
Length. 
Stretch of 
Wing. 
Remarks. 
3974 
3975 
6-56 
6757 
9111 
C? 
9 
96 
97 
4.75 
8.00 
7.50 
3.00 
2.50 
Eyes dark br'n ; bill black. 
do do 
Dr. Heermann. 
M. Verreaux 
29713 
49 b 
