Genus PARUS

Parus Linn., Syst. Nat., 10th ed., vol. i, p. 189, Jan. 1758. Type by sub. desig. (Gray, 1842). Parus major Linn.

Cyanistes Kaup, Skizz. Entwick. Nar. Syst., p. 99, 1829. Type by sub. desig. (Gray 1842), Parus caeruleus Linn.

Paecile id., ibid., p. 114, 1329. Type by sub. desig. (Gray, 1842), Parus palustris Linn.

Melaniparus Bonap., Consp. G.en, Av., vol. i, p. 228, 1850. Type by sub. desig. (Gray, 1855), Parus niger Vieill.

Baeolophus Cabanis, Mus. Hein., vol, i, p. 91, note 1851. Type by orig. desig., Parus bicolor Linn.

Pentheres id., ibid., p. 92; new name for Melaniparus Bp.

Sittaparus Selys-Longch., Bull, Soc. Zool. France, vol. ix, pp. 43, 58, 1884. Type by orig. desig., Parus varius Temminck.

Pardaliparus id,, ibid., p. 73. Type by sub. desig., (C. W. R., i), Parus elegans Linn.

Phaeopharus Madarasz, Magyar. Madarai, 1900, p. 139. Type by mon., Parus palustris Linn.

Penthornis Hellmayr, Journ. fur Orn., Apl. 1901, p. 170. Type by orig. desig., Melaniparus semilarvatus Salvadori.

Paeciloides Bianchi, Ann, Mus. Zool., Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersb., vol. vii, p. 241, Oct. 1902. Type by orig. desig., Poecile superciliosa Przewalski.