PARIDA3 — THE TITS. 
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B. No white stripe above the eye. 
a. Tail as long as, or longer than, wing. Conspicuous white edgings to 
wing-coverts, secondaries, and tail-feathers. 
2. P. atricapillus. 
Dorsal region yellowish-cinereous, wings and tail purer ash ; sides light 
•ochraceous. White edgings of tail-feathers not margining their ends. 
Wing, 2.60; tail, 2.60; bill, .40; tarsus, .62; middle toe, .36; wing- 
formula, 4, 5, 6, 3, 7, 8, 2 = 9; graduation of tail, .30. (12,851 $, 
Brooklyn, N. Y.) Hab. Eastern Province of North America, north of 
about 39°. (Black-capped Titmouse,') . . . var. atricapillus .. 
Dorsal region and sides with scarcely a perceptible yellowish tinge; 
white edgings of tail-feathers passing around their ends. Beneath 
whitish. Wing, 2.75; tail, 2.80; culmen, .35; tarsus, .65; middle toe, 
.40 ; wing-formula, 5, 4=6, 3 = 7, 8, 2 = 9; graduation of tail, 
.50. (3,704$ ? Salt Lake City, Utah.) Hab. Region of Missouri River 
and Rocky Mountains. (Long-tailed Titmouse.) var. septentrionalis. 
Colors as in Atricapillus , but much darker. Beneath more ochraceous. 
Wing, 2.40; tail, 2.50; culmen, .40; tarsus, .60; middle toe, .40; wing- 
formula, 4th, 5th, and 6th equal, 3 = 7, 2 = 10; graduation of tail, .25. 
(6,762$? Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory.) Hab. Pacific Prov- 
ince of North America. (Western Titmouse.) . . var. o ccidentalis . 
b . Tail shorter than wing ; no conspicuous white edgings to wings and tail. 
3. P. meridionalis. Beneath ashy (nearly dark as upper surface), 
whitish medially. Wing, 2.60 ; tail, 2.20 ; culmen, .40 ; tarsus, .63 ; 
middle toe, .40 ; wing-formula, 4, 5, 6, 3 = 7, 2 = 10 ; graduation of 
tail, .10. (10,203, Mexico.) Hab. Eastern Mexico. (Mexican Tit- 
mouse.) v * 
4. P. carolinensis. Beneath pale soiled ochraceous-whitish, scarcely 
lighter medially. Wing, 2.55 ; tail, 2.30 ; culmen, .35 ; tarsus, .53 ; 
middle toe, .38 ; wing-formula, 5, 4, 6, 7, 3, 8, 2 = 9 ; graduation f 
of tail, .10. (706$, Washington, D. C.) Hab. Eastern Province of 
United States, south of about 40°. (Carolina Titmouse.) 
2. Head and neck , above and beneath , brown , the throat darkest ; their sides white. 
C. Back, scapulars, rump, and sides rusty-chestnut. 
5. P. rufescens. Side of neck pure white. Wing, 2.35 ; tail, 2.00 ; 
tarsus, .61 ; middle toe, .40. Tail scarcely graduated. Hab. Pacific 
coast of North America. (Chestnut-sided Titmouse.) 
P. Back, etc., grayish or ochraceous brown. 
6. P. hudsonicus. Side of neck grayish. Back, etc., smoky-gray. 
Sides dark rusty-brown. Wing, 2.45 ; tail, 2.45 ; tarsus, .62 ; middle 
toe, .35; graduation of tail, .30. (17,101, Halifax, N. S.) Hab. Arctic 
America; south to northern boundary of the United States (except to 
westward). (Hudson's Bay Titmouse.) 
7. P. sibiricus. Side of neck white. Back, etc., rusty ochraceous- 
gray. Sides rusty-ochraceous. Wing, 2.70; tail, 2.80; tarsus, .66; 
middle toe, .36 ; graduation of tail, .30. Hab. Europe. (Siberian Tit- 
mouse.) 
Genus PSALTRIFARTJS, Bonap. (Page 10.) 
Nest very large, pensile; purse-shaped, with circular entrance near top. Eggs white. 
