BIRDS—PARIDAE—PSALTRIPARUS. 
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The brown cap passes through the lower eyelid as far as can he detected, and its lateral edge 
and the throat are darker than the top of the head. The third, fourth, and fifth primaries 
have their edges rather whiter than elsewhere. 
The female has the colors rather duller. 
List of specimens. 
(Jatal. 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
When collect¬ 
ed. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig’l 
No. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
ofwings. 
Remarks. 
6778 
283 
5.00 
7.50 
6779 
April 16, 1856 
310 
5.00 
7.75 
6789 
C? 
May 2, 1856 
354 
5.00 
8.00 
6790 
5.00 
7.50 
6791 
March, 1856 
263 
6792 
248 
4.50 
6.50 
2931 
1924 
1926 
Fort Vancouver, W. T... 
41 
4.75 
7.50 
black. 
1927 
252 
4.50 
6.50 
1924 
* 
1925 
Q 
PARUS HUDSONICUS, Forster. 
Parus hudsonicus, Forster, Philos. Trans. LXII, 1772, 383, 430.— Latham, Index Ornitli. I, 56G.— “Miller, 
Cimel. Phys. 1796 ; pi. xxi, A,” (Gray.)— Aud. Orn. Biog. II, 1834, 543; pi. 194.— Ib. Birds 
Amer. II, 1841, 155 ; pi. 128.— Cassin, Ill. I, 1853, 18. 
Sp. Ch.—A bove yellowish olivaceous brown ; top of head purer brown, not very different in tint. Chin and throat dark sooty 
brown. Sides of head white. Beneath white ; sides and anal region light brownish chestnut. No whitish on wings or tail. 
Tail nearly even, or slightly emarginate and rounded. Lateral feathers about .20 shortest. Length about 5 inches ; wing, 
2.40 ; tail, 2.66. 
Hab .—Northeastern portions of North America to the north Atlantic States. 
This species is quite different from the other North American titmice, though most 
resembling P. rufescens. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. No. 
Locality. 
Whence obtained. 
Collected by— 
2926..... 
Eastern North America. . 
R. Tta.irrl 
PSALTRIPARUS, Bon. 
Psaltriparus, Bonap. Comptes Rendus, XXXI, 1850, 478. Type P. melanotis. 
Jlegithaliscus, Cabanis, Museum Heineanum, 1851, 90. Type Parus crythrocephalus. 
Psaltria, Cassin, Ill. N. Am. Birds, 1853, 19. 
Ch.— Size very small and slender. Bill very small, short, compressed, and with its upper outline much curved for the 
terminal half. Upper mandible much deeper than under. Tail long, slender, much graduated ; much longer than the wings ; 
the feathers very narrow. Tarsi considerably longer than the middle toe. No black on the crown or throat. 
This group of titmice is very well marked among the American species, and is closely allied 
to the genus Psaltria of Temminck. A comparison with a typical specimen of P. exilis from 
