340 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[B-,C-, R 3 i, C-.] 

 HAB. Guadalupe Island, Lower California. 



SUBFAMILY POLIOPTILIN^E. GNATCATCHERS. 



GENUS POLIOPTILA SCLATER. 

 Polioptila SCL. P. Z. S. 1855, n. Type, Motacilla carulea 



751. Polioptila ceerulea (LINN.). 



Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. 



Motacilla carulea LINN. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 337. 

 Polioptila carulea SCL. P. Z. S. 1855, II. 



[B 282, C 23, R 27, C 36.] 



HAB. Middle and southern portions of the United States, from 

 the Atlantic to the Pacific, south, in winter, to Guatemala, Cuba, and 

 the Bahamas ; rare north toward the Great Lakes, Southern New 

 York, and Southern New England, straggling north to Massachu- 

 setts and Maine. 



752. Polioptila plumbea BAIRD. 



Plumbeous Gnatcatcher. 



Polioptila plumbea BAIRD, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. June, 1854, 118. 

 [B 283, C 25, R 28, C 38.] 



HAB. Western Texas to Arizona and eastern coast of Lower Cali- 

 fornia. 



753. Polioptila californica BREWST. 



Black-tailed Gnatcatcher. 



Polioptila californica BREWST. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI. April, 

 1881, 103. 



[B 284, C 24, R 29, C 37.] 

 HAB. Southern California and Pacific coast of Lower California. 



