Plate CCCLIII. Fig. 5. Male. Fig. 6. Female.
Upper mandible with its outline more arched, the tip acute and
considerably elongated; tail very long, emarginate, and much rounded;
upper part of the head and hind neck pale brown; upper parts
brownish-grey; wings and tail dusky, margined with greyish-white;
cheeks of a paler tint than the head; all the lower parts
brownish-white, the sides tinged with reddish.
_Male_, 4-1/2, wing, 1-((10-1/2)/12).
Columbia River. Common. Migratory.
Parus minimus, Chestnut-crowned Titmouse, Towns. Journ. Acad.
Nat. Sc. Philadelphia, v. vii. p. 190.
Chestnut-crowned Titmouse, Parus minimus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v.
iv. p. 382.