. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 108 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. crown or throat. Eyes white in some specimens, browain others. Nest purse-shaped; eggs unspotted, white. No bird of this genus belongs to the eastern portion of the United States. The three species may be defined as follows : — A* Head striped witli black on the sides. P. melanotia. The stripes passing un<ler the eye and uniting on the occiput. Huh. Eastern Mexico B* No stripes on the head
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 108 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. crown or throat. Eyes white in some specimens, browain others. Nest purse-shaped; eggs unspotted, white. No bird of this genus belongs to the eastern portion of the United States. The three species may be defined as follows : — A* Head striped witli black on the sides. P. melanotia. The stripes passing un<ler the eye and uniting on the occiput. Huh. Eastern Mexico B* No stripes on the head. P. minimuH. Back ashy; crown light brown. Ilah. Pacific Province of United States var. minimus. Back and crown uniform ashy. Hob. Middle Province and southern Rocky Mountains of United States var. plumbeus. Psaltriparus melanotis, Bonap. BLACK-EABED BUSH-TITKOUSE. Parus melanotis, Hartlafb, Rev. Zool. 1844, 216. Poecile melanotis, Bp. Consp. 1850, 230. ^-Eyilluiliscus melanotis. Cab. Mus. Hein. I, 1850, 1851, 90. Psaltria melanotis, Westermaxn, Bijd. Dierk. 1851, 16, plate. Psultriparus melanotis, BoxAP. C. R. XXXVIII, 1854. — S» LATER, P. Z. S. 1858, 299. —Id. 1864, 172 (City Max.).— Salvin, Ibis, 1866, 190 (Guatemala). — Baird, Birds N. Am. 1858, 386, pi. liii, fig. 3 ; Review, 84. Psaltriparus personatus, Bonaf. C. R. XXXI, Sept. 1850, 478. Sp. Char. A black patch on each cheek, nearly meeting behind. Crown and edges of the wing and tail ash-gray ; rest of upper parts yellowish-brown, lighter on the rump. Beneath whitish; anal region tinged with yellowish-brown. Length about 4 inches j wing, ; tail, Hab. Eastern Mexico; south to Guatemala; Oaxaca (high region), Sclater, East Humboldt Mountains, Nevada ? Ridgway'. Habits. In regard to the specific peculiarities and the distinct individual habits of the members of this pretty little si^cies, little is at present known. Its mode of nesting has not been observed, and no mention is made, by those who have
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