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WHITE- WINGED TIT. 
Par us leucopterus, Swains. 
Glossy black ; wing-covers and margin of the quills, pure 
white. 
La Mc'snngc noire, Le VatU. Ois. d'A/rique, iii. 137, 1, 2. — 
P. niger, Vie ill. Encyc. Melh., 508. 
Although very abundant in the Cafire country of 
Southern Africa, Le Vaillant remarks that this 
pretty little bird was never met with by him, either 
on the west coast or near the Cape of Good Hope. 
This is very singular, since two specimens, received 
from Senegal, perfectly agree both with Vaillant’s 
figure and description. He observes that its note 
is perfectly the same as that of our Par us major , 
and that it builds in the trunks of trees, where it 
also roosts ; the eggs, which are from six to eight, 
are entirely white. 
It is singular that no notice is taken of this species 
in our modem compilations, although its peculiarity 
of plumage renders it not likely to be confounded 
with any other. 
The size is exactly that of Farm major, and the 
structure is nearly the same, except that the bill is 
rather shorter, and the culmen more arched ; the 
feet, also, are somewhat smaller, and their claws 
shorter, broader, and more carved. 
