BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMPJRICA. 417 



{eA.2): tail, 4().5-51.5 (49.1); culmen, 8-10 (9.1); tarsus, IC-lT (IC.O); 

 middle toe, 9.5-10.5 (10)." 



Adult female. — Length (skins). i<to-ll:2 (1<*"): ^ving, 53.5-60.5 

 (58.4); tail, 43.5-48.5 (46.2); culnien, 9-10(9.7); tarsus, lO-lT (10.4); 

 middle toe, 9.5-10 (9.7).'^ 



Pacific coast district, from northern California (Sonoma Conntv) to 

 Prince William Sound and head of livnn Canal. Alaska; east to 

 Montana ((Jreat Falls). 



Parus 7-ufi'scms Townsend, Journ. Ac. Xat. Sci. I'hila., vii, pt. ii, 1887, 190 (Co- 

 lumbia R.; type in coll. U. S. Nat. IMus.).— Aidibox, Orn. Biog., iv, 1.S38, 

 371, pi. 353; Synopsis, 1839, 80; Birds Am., oct. ed., ii, 1841, 158, pi. 129.— 

 NuTTALL, Man. Orn. U. S. and Can., 2d ed., 1840, 267.— Cassin, Illustr. 

 Birds Cal., Tex., etc., 1853, 18, part.— Baird, Rep. racific R. R. Surv., 

 ix, 1858, 394, part (Fort Steilacoom and Fort Vancouver, Washington; 

 Columbia R.); Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 295, part; Review Am. Birds, 

 1864, 83, part (Chiloweyuck, Camp Kootenay, Fort Vancouver, Simiahmoo, 

 and Fort Steilacoom, AYashington; Columbia R. ). — Cooper and Suckley, 

 Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., xii, pt. ii, 1860, 194, part (Steilacoom, etc., Wash- 

 ington).— Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 14 (Fort Steilacoom).— Dall and 

 Bannister, Trans. Chicago Ac. Sci., i, 1869, 280 (Sitka, Alaska).— Cooi>er, 

 Am. Nat., iii, 1869, 75 (Montana); Orn. Cal., 1870, 47, part.— Coues, Check 

 List, 1873, no. 34, part; 2d ed., 1882, no. 50; Birds N. \V., 1874, 22, part.— 

 Baird, Brewer, and Ridgwav, Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 104, part, pi. 7, 

 fig. 6.— Henshaw, Orn. Rep. Wheeler's Surv., 1879, 288 (w. side of Cascade 

 Range, Oregon).— Ridg way, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 4a— Gadow, Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus., viii, 1883, 34, part (Alaska; w. side Rocky Mts. ; Vancouver 

 I.; Upper Klamath L., Oregon). — American Orxithologists' Union, Check 

 List, 1886, no. 741.— Anthony, Auk, iii, 1886, 171 (Washington Co., Oregon; 

 descr. nest).— Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, 229 (Mount Shasta, 

 California).— Fannin, Check List Birds Brit. Col., 1891, 44 ,(w. side of 

 Cascade Range).— Merrill (J. C), Auk, xv, 1898, 21 (Fort Sherman, Idaho; 

 resident).— Grinnell (J.), Auk, xv, 1898, 130 (Sitka, Alaska).— Kobbe, 

 Bull. Cooper Orn. Club, i, 1899, 84 (Cape Disappointment, Washington; 

 habits; descr. nest and eggs).— Fisher {W. K. ), Condor, ii, 1900, 138 (Mount 

 St. Helena, Napa Co., California); iv, 1902, 135 (redwood belt, Humboldt 

 and Del Norte counties) .—Chapman, Bull. Am. JNIus. N. H., iii, 1900, 153 

 (coast British C()lunil)ia).— Bishop, North Am. Fauna, no. 19, 1900, 93 

 (Haines, Skagway, and Glacier, Alaska). — Rathbun (S. F. ), Auk, xix, 1902, 

 140 (Seattle, Washington, resident) .—Bailey (Florence, :M.), Ilandb. Pirds 

 W. U. S., 1902, 459. 



I'larus'] rufcttre)in Henshaw, Orn. Rep. Wheeler's Surv., 1879, 288 (w. side of 

 Cascade Range, Oregon). — Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 267. — 

 RiDGWAY, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 564. 



[Farm'] nifeticens Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 232, no. .3358.— Cor ks, Key N. Am. 

 Birds, 1872, 81, part. 



Paru,s rufescens rufesceiis (trinnell (.!.), Pacilic Coast .\vifaniia, no. 3, .Tune 25, 

 1902, 71. 



\^Parns rufesccns] a. rnfcxans Ridgwav, Proc. V. S. Nat. Mus., i. May 22, 1S79, 

 486 (synonymy). 



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