Perching- Birds Chiefly Gray, Black, or Black and White 



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733. Plain Titmouse [Beeolophus inornatus). L. 

 5.5. Ads. Head crested; above grayish brown; below 

 grayish white, belly white, sides often buft'y. Notes. 

 Similar to those of the Tufted Titmouse, but weaker 

 and less varied. (Ridgw.) 



Range. — California, west of the Sierra; north to Oregon. 



733a. Gray Titmouse (B. i. griseus). Similar to 

 No. 733, but above graf, below whitish gray, no buff 

 on sides. 



Range. — Southwestern United States: from southeastern California 

 and Nevada to Colorado and New Mexico. 



733b. Ashy Titmouse (B. i. cineraceus). Similar 

 to No. 733a, but underparts grayish white, not whitish 

 gray. 



Range.— Cape Region of Lower California. 



743. Bush-Tit {Psaltriparus minimus). L, 4.2; T. 

 2.1. Ads. Crown sooty brown; back grayish brown; 

 below brownish white, sides darker. 



Range. — Pacific coast from northern California to Washington. 



743a. California Bush-Tit {P. m. californicus) . Sim- 

 ilar to No. 743, but crown much lighter, brighter brown, 

 quite different from the brownish gray back; under- 

 parts paler. Notes. When feeding, a faint tsit, tsit, 

 tsit, tsit, when moving about, tsit, tsit, tsit, sre-e-e-e; tsit, 

 sre-e-e-e; when a bird is separated from its companions, 

 same as last but uttered more hurriedly; alarm note, a 

 greatly intensified tsit ; tsit ; tsit ; tsit : in presence of 

 Hawk or Owl a shrill, quavering trill, sre-e-e-e-e-e. 

 (Grinnell.) 



Range.— California, except the north coast region. 



743b. Grinda Bush-Tit (P. m. grindce). Similar 

 to No. 743, but back bluish ash-gray. (Ridgw.) 



Range. — Cape Region of Lower California. 



744. Lead-colored Bush-Tit (Psaltriparus plumbeus). 

 L. 4.5. Ads. Crown and back bluish gray, sides of 

 head brownish; below dingy white with a buffy tint on 

 belly. 



Range.— Western United States from eastern Oregon and eastern 

 California east to Wyoming, Colorado, and western Texas. 



744. 1 . Santa Rita Busb-TltlPsaltriparus santaritce). 

 Similar to No. 744, but smaller, sides of head paler, 

 male with a more or less distinct blackish line along 

 sides of head as in female of No. 745- (Ridgw.) 

 (Now considered the same as 745.) 



-Range. — Santa Rita Mountains, southern Arizona. 



745. Lloyd Bush-Tit (Tsaltriparus lloydi). L. 4.2. 

 Ad. cf. Sides of head shining black, crown blue-gray, 

 back browner; chin blackish, underparts whitish, the 

 belly and sides buffy. Ad. 9- Sides of head brown- 

 ish, ear-coverts bordered above by a narrow black line; 

 no black on chin. Yng. Similar to 9, but no black 

 in head. 



Range.— "Mountains of western Texas, between the Pecos and Rio 

 Grande Rivers" (Sennett). scuth into Mexico. 



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