PARING. PARUS. 
79‘ 
Bill very stout ; feathers of the upper part of the head elongated into 
a crest ; tail long, slightly rounded ; upper parts leaden-blue, forehead 
black, lower parts greyish-white, the sides light red. 
Male, 62 , 9. 
From Texas, where it breeds, to the Fur Countries, generally distri- 
buted eastward of the Rocky Mountains. Resident in the middle, 
southern, and western districts. Abundant. 
Crested Titmouse, Parus bicolor, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 137. 
Parus bicolor, Bonap. Syn. p. 100. 
Tufted Titmouse, Parus bicolor, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 236. 
Crested Titmouse, Parus bicolor, Aon. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 199 ; v. v. p. 472. 
126. 2. Parus atricapillus, Linn. Black-cap Tit. — Black- 
cap Titmouse, or Chicadee. 
Plate CCCLIII. Fig. 3. Male. Fig. 4. Female. 
Bill moderately stout; tail long, 'emarginate, and rounded. Upper 
part of the head and hind neck, with a large patch on the fore neck, 
black; cheeks and sides of the neck white; back yellowish-grey; 
quills and tail-feathers dark greyish-brown, margined with bluish- 
white ; the secondaries broadly edged with white ; lower parts pale » 
yellowish-red, the breast white. 
Male, 5i, 81 . 
From Maryland eastward and northward to Lat. 66°. In Kentucky 
during winter. Never in the southern parts. 
Black-capt Titmouse, Paras atricapillus. Wins. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 134. 
Parus atricapillus, Bonap. Syn. p. 100. 
Black-capt Titmouse, Nutt. Man. p. 241. 
Black-capt Titmouse, Parus atricapillus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p. 374. 
127 . 3. Parus Carolinensis, Aud. Carolina Tit. 
Plate CLX. Male and Female. 
Bill very short, moderately stout ; tail rather long, emarginate, and 
rounded. Upper part of the head and hind neck, with a large patch 
on the fore neck, black ; cheeks and sides of the neck greyish- white ; 
back yellowish-grey ; quills and tail-feathers dark greyish-brown, mar- 
gined with bluish- white, secondaries not conspicuously ; lower parts 
greyish- white, tinged with yellow. This species is very similar to the 
last, but much inferior in size. 
Male, 41 , 6 . 
Breeds from Texas to New Jersey. Rather abundant. Resident. 
Carolina Titmouse, Paras Carolinensis, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 341 ; v. v. p. 474. 
128. 4. Parus Hudsonicus, Lath. Hudson’s Bay Tit. 
Plate CXCIV. Male, Female, and Young. • 
