42 Osijood — ('liamscafasciafa <rii(J its iSubs2)ecies. 



California; interior valleys and slopes nortli to head of the Sacramento 

 Valley. Upper Sonoran zone. 



Description of type. — Upper jiarts pale hair brown, shading into grayish 

 on nai^e and top of head and into olivaceous on rump ; flanks ])ale 

 brownish olive; sides of head, neck and shoulders ashy, slightly paler 

 than crown ; a small white spot above and below eye ; throat and breast 

 cinnamon rufous; sides washed with cinnamon; belly yellowish white 

 medially ; inner web of i^rimaries and secondaries edged with whitish ; 

 under wing coverts and axillars pale cinnamon rufoiis. 



Measurements of tijpe. — Wing 59; tail 83 ; exposed culmen 11 ; tarsus 2o. 



Remarks. — The type of C. fusciata, though slightly darker than the type 

 of ' hensliawi,'' exactly represents the average condition of the southern 

 and interior form. Specimens from the Sacramento Valley, from San 

 Bernardino county and Pasadena do not differ from it in any waj'. It is 

 possible that the type was talcen in San Bernardino County, since it agrees 

 perfectly with specimens from there and Gambel must have passed 

 through that region. Even if the type were not available it would be 

 best to use the name for the southern form, since so far as known, Gam- 

 bel's collecting in California was confined to the region south of San 

 Francisco. 



Chamaea fasciata phaea subsp. nov. Coast Wren Tit. 



Tijpc from Newport, Yaquina Bay, Oregon, (^ ad.. No. 1642.56, U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., Biological Survey Collection. Collected March 14, 1899, l)y B. .T. 

 Bretherton. Orig. No. 2405. 



Distribution. — Coast of Oregon and California from Astoria to Nicasio. 

 Transition zone. 



Description of type. — Upper parts almost uniform sepia, darkest on head, 

 becoming bister on rump; tail bister with tinge of olivaceous; flanks 

 about like rump, grading insensi])ly into sides ; lores, cheeks and sides of 

 head (lark ashy ; a white spot above and below eye ; throat, breast, and 

 sides deep brownish rufous; limited area in middle of belly buffy yel- 

 low ; throat and breast obscurely streaked with dusky ; inner web of 

 l)riniaries and secondaries edged with white ; under wing coverts and 

 axillars pale cinnamon rufous. 



Measurements of type. — Wing 60 ; tail 79; exposed culmen 10 ; tarsus 25. 



JicmarJcs. — Intergradation between ty}>ical C fasciata and C. f. pluca, oc- 

 curs in the vicinity of San Francisco Bay. Among the few specimens 

 examined from the region immediately south of San Fi'ancisco (Santa 

 Clara, Santa Cruz, etc.) are individuals referable to each form, thougli 

 tlie majority are nearest to C. fasciata. 



