688 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Chamaea fasciata Cabanis, Wiegmann's Archiv. fi'ir Naturg., 1848, i, 102. — 

 Bated, Kep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 370, part (Sacramento Valley «); 

 Cat. N. Am. Birds. 1859, no. 274, part. — Heermann, Rep. Pacific R. R. 

 Surv., X, pt. iv, 1859, 43, part. 



Cham ea fasciata Baird, in Stansbury's Rep. Gt. Salt Lake, 1852, 332. 



Chnmcea fasciata intermedia Grinnell, Condor, ii, July, 1900, 86 (Palo Alto, 

 Santa Clara Co., California; coll. J. Grinnell &); Pacific Coast Avifauna, 

 no. 3, 1902, 71, part (excl. Marin and Sonoma counties). — Allen, Auk, xviii, 

 1901, 178 (reprint of original descr. ). — Bailey (Florence M. ), Handb. Birds 

 W. U. S., 1902, 459, footnote. 



CHAMiEA FASCIATA RUFULA Ridgway. 

 RUDDY WREN-TIT. 



Similar to O. f. fasciata^ but more richly colored, the general color 

 of under parts deep pinkish cinnamon or dull vinaceous-cinnamon, the 

 upper parts darker and browner (back, rump, and upper tail-coverts 

 bistre or sepia). 



Adult male. — Length (skins), 14:7-101 (157); wing, 56-60 (57.6); tail, 

 76-85 (81); culmen, 10-12 (11.1); tarsus, 25-26.5 (25.6); middle toe, 

 11-15 (11.2).'^ 



Adult female. — Length (skins), 147-161 (151); wing, 54-57.5 (55.6); 

 tail, 76-S2.5 (79.1); culmen, 11-11.5 (11.2); tarsus, 21-27 (25); middle 

 toe, 13-14.5 (13.6).'' 



Vicinity of San Francisco Bay, on west slope of Coast Range, in 

 Mendocino, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara coun- 

 ties (probably also in Sonoma and southern portion of Humboldt 

 counties),*' California. 



Chamsea fasciata (not of Gambel) Baxrd, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 370, 

 part (Santa Clara, California); Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 274, part; 

 Review Am. Birds, 1864, 76, part (Santa Clara). — Cooper, Orn. Cal., 1870, 

 89, part.— CouES, Check List, 1873, no. 26, part; 2d ed., 1882, no. 39, part; 

 Birds Col. Val., 1878, 108, part. — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. 

 Am. Birds, i, 1874, 84, part, pi. 6, fig. 8 (Santa Clara).— Ridgway, Nom. N. 

 Am. Birds, 1881, no. 35, part; Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1882, 14, part (in 

 sj'nonymy). — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 742, 

 part. — Mailliard, Condor, ii, 1900, 67 (Marin Co., California, resident). 



[Chamxa'] fasciata Coves, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 79, part. 



Clhampca} fasciata CouES, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 262, part. — Ridgway, 

 Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 566, part. 



«The specimens, which are still in the National Museum collection, are referable 

 to this form. They are doubtless from the lower portion of the Sacramento Valley, 

 probably from near Sacramento or Stockton. 



& See last paragraph of footnote on p. — . 



^^ Eleven specimens. 



(^ Ten specimens. 



« A specimen from Humboldt Bay, Humboldt County, is intermediate between the 

 present form and C. f. phsea, but nearer the latter. 



