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U. S P. E. E. EXP. AND SUEVEYS-—ZOOLOGY—GENEEAL EEPOET. 
LOPHOPHANES INORNATUS, Cassin. 
Parus inornatus, Gambel, Pr. A. N. Sc. Phila. II, Aug. 1845, 265, (Upper California.)— Ib. Ill, Feb. 1847, 
154 .—Ib. Jour. Ac. N. Sc. Phila. 2d Series, I, Dec. 1847, 35 ; pi. viii. 
Lophophanes inornatus, Cassin, Ill. I, 1853, 19. 
Sp. Ch .—Crest elongated. Color above olivaceous ashy, beneath whitish. Sides of body and under tail coverts very faintly 
tinged with brownish, scarcely appreciable. Sides of head scarcely different from the crown. Forehead obscurely whitish. 
Length, 5 inches; wing, 2.55. 
Hub .—Coast of California and southern Rocky Mountains. 
The bill and feet of this species are lead color. The third, fourth, and fifth quills are longest; 
the third and eighth about equal; the second is shorter than the shortest primaries. The lateral 
tail feathers are a little shorter than the others. 
A specimen from Fort Thorn has the crest longer than in other specimens before me, measuring 
1.35 inches from base of bill to its tip. This may be a characteristic of the male, the sexes 
being otherwise alike. 
This species differs from L. bicolor in having a whitish instead of black front, a more oliva¬ 
ceous back, and in lacking the ferruginous tint of the sides. The size is considerably less. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. No. 
Collected by— 
3923 
California...... ...... _ 
Dr. Heermann_ 
3340 
__do_ 
S. F. Baird. 
5515i 
$ 
Petaluma, Cal _._ 
E. Samuels_ 
5925 2 
Gov. Stevens__ 
Dr. Cooper__ 
5923 
_do___ 
_do_ 
4951 
San Jos Cal_ 
A. J. Grayson_ 
18 
6754 
Tejon v ley.._ 
Lt. Williamson_ 
Dr. Heermann_....... 
Fort Te in_ 
John Xanthus de Vesey___ 
6755 
_ _ _ do_____ 
6753 
Shot October, 1855. Length, 5.12; extent 
, 8.50. 2 Length, 5.60; extent, 8.50. 
Feet pale blue. 
LOPHOPHANES WOLLWEBERI, Bon. 
Lophophanes wollweberi, Bon. Comptes Rendus, XXXI, Sept. 1850, 478.— Westermann, Bijdragen tot de Dier- 
kunde, III, 1851, 15, Plate.— Cassin, HI. I, 1853, 19. 
Parus annexus, Cassin, Pr. A. N. Sc. Phila. V, Oct. 1850, 103 ; pi. i. (Texas.) 
Lophophanes galeatus, Cabanis, Mus. Hein. 1850-T, 90. 
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Sp. Ch.—C entral portion of crest ash, encircled by black, commencing as a frontal band, and passing over the eye. Chin, 
throat, and a line from behind the eye and curving round the auriculars to the throat, (bordered behind by white,) as also 
some occipital feathers, black. A white line from above the eye margining the crest, with the cheeks below the eye and 
under parts generally white. A black half collar on the nape. Upper parts of body ashy. Length, about 4.50 ; wing, 2.50. 
Hab .—Southern Rocky mountains, and south into Mexico on the Table lands. 
This is tlie most variegated species of its genus in Nortli America, and is readily distinguished 
from the others. I regret, however, that none of the specimens before me exhibit the bird 
in its perfect plumage. 
The elongation of the feathers of the head extends quite to the occiput. The feathers on the 
anterior half of the crown are ashy; their extreme base black. The feathers composing the 
