. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. âTHE TITMICK. H7 Okn. Char. Crown witli a coiispinions prost. Hill conical; both uppor and lower outlines convex. Wings frrmlnateil ; lirst (piill very .short. Tail modenilely long and rounded. .VesiLs in hollow trees ; eggs white with line red Of this there are several North American species, all a^'reeiii-,' in ;,'e»cral diaiucters. One of tliese, the L. wollurheri, is given by Ca- biinis as typical, while he sepa- mtes tiie L. hit'ohr generically under tlie name
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. âTHE TITMICK. H7 Okn. Char. Crown witli a coiispinions prost. Hill conical; both uppor and lower outlines convex. Wings frrmlnateil ; lirst (piill very .short. Tail modenilely long and rounded. .VesiLs in hollow trees ; eggs white with line red Of this there are several North American species, all a^'reeiii-,' in ;,'e»cral diaiucters. One of tliese, the L. wollurheri, is given by Ca- biinis as typical, while he sepa- mtes tiie L. hit'ohr generically under tlie name of Ba-olophiis, as having a ratlier iliHcrent form of crest, stouter bill and feet, and longer wings. All of our species, liowever, vary in these charac- ters, each one showing a different combination, so that we prefer to consider all as belonging to tjie siime genus with P. Tjophojilifines b'cohr. The species, all of which have tlie under parts uniform wliitish, may be arranged as follows : â L. bicolor. ..,ov(! idunilieous; forehead blaek; erown much like the back. Huh. Eastern Province United States. L. atricriBtatus. Above phinibi>ous; forehead whitish; erown black. Jhh. East A[e.\ico, north to Rio Grande. L. inornatus. Above olivaceous; forehead crown like the back. Huh. South of Middle and Western Provinces of United States. L wollweberi. Sides of head banded black and white; erown ash; throat black. Hub. b. Koeky Mountauis of United States; Mu.\ico to Oaxaca. Lophophanes bicolor, Bonap. TUFTED HTMOUSE; BLACK-FBOHTED nTMOITSE. Parus «,W,.-. L,NN Syst Nat. 12th I. I76fi. 340 (based on Pâru. crislaU., Crrsny Buds ,Kn, Birds N. An,. 384; Koview 78 -Se^r ,7 Catal. mi, 14 no. 87. âk,. l,âlor, Oah. Mus. Hdn.'l, 91 ype^: ' Am. II, pi Ixxt ' ""' 'â '"â *""⢠'''°8- '⢠"'⢠'"''^' '"⢠"i'-'l'^ CnAu Above ashy ; a black frontal band. dull
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