BIRDS-PARIDAE-LOPIIOPHANES ATRICRISTATUS. 
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List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex. 
i 
Locality. 
When collected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. 
No. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Wing. 
7579 
Washington, D. C_ 
Wm. Hutton_ 
823 
3 
Carlisle, Pa_ 
Oct. 2, 1842 
S. F. Baird. 
6. 30 
10. 00 
3. 17 
1292 
Q 
__do___ 
Mar. 11, 1844 
« - ---„do_ 
5. 67 
9. 67 
3. 08 
G987 
3 
St. Louis, Mo_ 
May 13, 1857 
Lt. F. T. Bryan _. 
83 
W. S. Wood. 
4731 
St. Joseph, Mo_ 
April 22, 1856 
Lt. Warren_ 
6. 37 
10. 50 
3. 25 
4730 
Fort Leavenworth.. 
April 21 1856 
Lieut Couch 
5 
6752 
......do_-_ 
Jan. 20, 1855 
7514 
Independence, Mo_ 
June—, 1857 
W. M. Magraw .. 
60 
Dr. Cooper __ 
G. 25 
10. 00 
3. 25 
Northern Illinois.... 
Winter_ 
B. Kennicott_ 
S 
Union county, Ill.... 
April 8, 1857 
N. W. University 
R. Kennicott_ 
LOPIIOPHANES ATRICRISTATUS, Cassin. 
Black-crested Tit. 
Parus 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. 
Hah .—Valley of the Rio Grande and south. 
This species is smaller than L. bicolor , but the ashy of the hack is of much the same shade. 
The frontal white band 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 hand, 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 hill 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 by— 
Length. 
Stretch of 
wings. 
Wing. 
Remarks. 
3974 
3 
96 
5.25 
8.00 
3.00 
Eyes dark br’n ; bill black. 
3975 
9 
97 
4.75 
7.50 
2.50 
6 7 56 
6757 
Dr. Heermann. 
9111 
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