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Penthestes rufescens neglectus (Ridgway). Nicasio Chickadee. [741a.] 



Parus rufesce7is /3 neglectus Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., I, 1879, 485 

 [May]. (Coast of California = Nicasio, Marin Co., California.) 



Range. — -Coast of middle California in the Humid Transition Zone of 

 Marin County. 



Penthestes nifescens barlowi (Grinnell). Barlow's Chickadee. [7416.] 



Parus rufescens harlowi Grinnell, Condor, II, No. 6, Nov. 16, 1900, 127. 

 (Stevens' Creek Caiion, Santa Clara Co., California.) 



Range. — Coast of middle California in the Transition Zone, from San 

 Francisco Bay to a little south of Monterey Bay. 



Genus BAEOLOPHUS Cabanis. 



Baeolophus Cabanis, Mus. Hein., I, Oct. 1851 [1850?], 91. Type, by 

 monotypy, Parus bicolor Linnaeus. 



Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus). Tufted Titmouse. [731.] 



Parus bicolor Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, I, 1766, 340. Based on The 

 Crested Titmouse, Parus cristatus Catesby, Carolina, 1, 57. (in America 

 septentrionali = South Carolina.) 



Range. — Upper and Lower Austral zones from Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, 

 Indiana, Ohio, southern Pennsylvania, and New Jersey south to central Texas, 

 the Gulf coast, and southern Florida. Casual in the southern parts of Wiscon- 

 sin, Michigan, Ontario, New York, Maine, and in Connecticut. 



Baeolophus atricristatus atricristatus (Cassin). Black-crested Titmouse. 



[732.] 



Parus atricristatus Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., V, No. 5, Sept.- 

 Oct., 1850 [Dec. 7], 103 (pi. 2). (On the Rio Grande, Texas.) 



Range. — Lower Austral and Arid Tropical zones from the Rio Grande 

 Valley south through eastern Mexico to Coahuila, San Luis PotosI, and north- 

 ern Vera Cruz. 



Baeolophus atricristatus sennetti Ridgway. Bennett's Titmouse. [732a.] 



Bseolophus atricristatus sennetti Rldgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, 

 Pt. iii, [Dec. 31] 1904, 386. (Leon Springs, Bexar Co., Texas.) 



Range. — Lower Austral Zone of central Texas, from Tom Green and Concho 

 counties east to the Brazos River, and from Young County south to Nueces and 

 Bee counties. 



