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sides of head (iiu'ludinj^ loral, or])itid, su])orbital, malar, and auricular 

 regions) similar in color to pileum, })ut much paler and duller; under 

 parts dull brownish-while, deepening on sides and flaidvs into pale, dull 

 ^cru drab; bill, legs, and feet black; iris light yellow. 



AdulU in aiitumn andvnnter. — Similar to the spring and sununer 

 plumage, but coloration darker, the pileum and hindneck more sooty 

 brown, the sides and flanks more det'idedly vinaceous-brown. 



Young. — Similar to spring and summer adults, but color of pileum 

 and hindneck deeper and duller (more as in winter adults); under 

 parts of bod}^ tinged with pale brownish buflfy, and edgings to tcrtials 

 and greater wing-coverts pale brownish. 



Adult ?/^rt^g.— Length (skins), 92.5-108.5 (102.4); wing, 45.5-49.5 

 (47.6); culmen, 6..5-7.5 (0.9); tarsus, 15-16.5 (15.!t); middle toe, 

 8-9 (8.4). « 



Adidt /m«7t^— Length (skins), 92-108.5 (101.6); wing, 45.5-49.5 

 (47.5); tail, 46.5-55 (51.4); culmen, 6.5-7 (6,9); tarsus, 15-16 (15.7); 

 middle toe, 8.9 (8.5).* 



West slope of coast mountains in Oregon, California, and northern 

 Lower California, north to the Columbia River, south to Nachoguero 

 Valley, Lower California (also to San Pedro Martir Mts.,'and San 

 Fernando '(). '' 



Parus minimus Townsend, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., vii, 1837, 190 (Columbia 

 R. ) ; viii, 1839, 152.— Bonaparte, Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 20.— Audubon, 

 Orn. Biog., iv, 1838, 382, pi. 352, figs. 5, 6; Synopsis, 1839, 80; Birds Am., 

 oct. ed., ii, 1841, 160, pi. 130.— Nuttall, Man. Orn. U. S. and Can., 2d ed., 

 i, 1840, 269 (Columbia R. ; Santa Barbara). — Gambel, Proe. Ac. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., iii, 1846, 155 (California); Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., i, 1847, 36 

 part (California). 



[Poeci'/o] minimus Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 230. 



Psaltria minima Cassin, lUustr. Birds Cal., Tex., etc., 1853, 20. — Heermann, 

 Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., ii, 1853, 264, part; Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., 

 X, pt. iv, 1859, 43, part.— Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1857, 126 (Santa 

 Clara Valley, California). \ 



Psaltriparus mininmis Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xxxviii, 1854, 62. — Baird, Rep. 

 Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 397 (Santa Clara and Los Angeles, California); 

 Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 298, part; Review Am. Birds, 18H4, 84, part 

 (Napa Valley, California). — Cooper and Sucklev, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., 

 xii, pt. 2, 1860, 195, part (California).— Cooper, Orn. Cal., 1870, 48, part 

 (San Francisco and San Diego, California); Am. Nat., iv, 1871, 757 (Mon- 

 terey, California).— CouES, Check List, 1873, no. 35, part; 2d ed., 1882, no. 

 53, part; Birds Col. Val., 1878, 124, footnote, part. — Baird, Brewer, and 

 RimavAY, Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, pi. 7, fig. 9.— American Ornitholo- 

 gists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 743, part.— Anthony, Auk, iii, 1886,171 

 (Wa.shington Co., Oregon, resident). — Evermann, Auk, iii, 1886, 186 (Ven- 

 tura Co., California, resident). — Bailey (Florence M.), llandb. Birds 

 W. U. S., 1902, 460. 



« Twenty-four specimens. 



'' Eleven specimens. 



'"Specimens from these localities not seen by me. 



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