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LOPHOPHANES BICOLOB. 
then collect in small flocks, and by October commence a partial migration. Those which live 
in Massachusetts pass further south, and the summer residents of Northern New England take 
their places. I have never met with the small Southern variety of this species but once. That 
was in December, 1868, when a small flock passed over us while we were encamped near 
Jacksonville, and alighted in the hummock near. Their notes were the same as those of the 
more Northern residents, excepting that their voices were weaker, which we should naturally 
expect from their smaller size. 
GENUS II. LOPHOPHANES. THE CRESTED TITMICE. 
Gen. Ch. Sternum, not broad, being narrower than one-half of the length of the top of the keel. The marginal 
indentations are also proportionally shallower than in Parus. Head, crested. 
Members of this genus may be readily distinguished by the prominent crest and narrow sternum. 
LOPHOPHANES BICOLOR. 
The Crested Titmouse. 
Lophophanes bicolor Bon., List Birds Europe, 1842. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Sp. Ch. Form, robust. Bill, short. Tail, slightly rounded. Sternum, stoutly built. Crest, of varying lengths. 
Color. Adult. Above, ashy; darkest on the head and with an olivaceous wash over the back, which is more 
perceptible on the rump. Forehead, black with a narrow line next the crown tipped with rufous. The feathers of 
the crest show darker centres. Upper portions of wings and tail, dark brown with the feathers edged with the same 
as the back. Beneath, dirty white with the flanks chestnut. Wings and tail below, glaucous. Under tail coverts, 
pale buff. Axillaries and lower wing coverts, white tinged with pale buff. 
Young, similar but with a rufous wash over the rump and back. There is also less chestnut on the sides, and 
the reddish edging of the forehead is better defined. Sexes alike. Irides, brown; bill, black; feet, lead color in all 
stages of plumage. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
I have never seen any of the western representatives of this genus, but judge that some of them might easily be 
confounded with this species. The birds from which I have made the above description, were all taken in Florida. 
They have a distribution throughout the Middle and Southern states, but I have never met with them on the coast of 
Florida, among the Keys, or in the southern sections of the state; they being rare about Salt Lake and scarcely to be 
found below that point. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Average measurements of eleven specimens from Florida.— Length, 6-16; stretch, 9-77; wing, 2-66; tail, 2-72; 
bill, - 53; tarsus, -77. Longest specimen, 6-50 j greatest extent of wings, 10‘00; longest wing, 3-25; tail 3-00; bill, 
•70; tarsus, ‘95. Shortest specimen, 5-75; smallest extent of wings, 9-25; shortest wing, 3’00; tail, 2‘50; bill, 
•45; tarsus, -65. 
DESCRIPTION OF EGGS. 
Eggs usually six in number, oval in form, white in color, spotted and blotched with light reddish-brown and 
lilac. The spots are accumulated more thickly on the larger end. I obtained the egg which I have described form 
Mr. B- P- Mann. A specimen kindly loaned me by Mr. E. C. Dickenson does not differ essentially, except in being 
slightly smaller, and in having a less number of spots. Dimensions, from '70 x '55 to -75 x ‘60 inches. 
I never have seen the nest, but judge that it resembles that of the preceding species. 
HABITS. 
The pleasantest part of the city of Jacksonville, Florida, is built in a fine live-oak grove 
and as shade is quite essential in this climate, all of the trees which did not grow in the streets 
in such a manner as to impede the progress of vehicles were allowed to stand. The sidewalks, 
therefore, are overhung with thick evergreen foliage, which forms a resort for numerous birds, 
especially when they are migrating; and I have counted seven or eight species in a single tree. 
One day I was passing beneath these branches, in company with my friend, Mr. Ober, when we 
heard a note which sounded something like that of the common Chickadee, only it was much 
