lUKDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 689 



[Cliama'ii fasci'dd] \iu-. fitxclKhr Khxiway, Proc. U.S. Nat. Muh., v, June 5, 1882, 

 14, part ((liajinosi.si). 



Ch<tinivaf(miata ph:v(i, part, OsddOD, Pnx;. Biol. 8oc. Wasli., xiii, May 29, 1899, 

 42 (Nica.«io, Marin Co.; Santa Clara; Santa Cruz Mts. ?). — American Orni- 

 thologists' Union Commitpee, Auk, xviii, 1901,308, part (Marin Co. ). — 

 Grinnell, Pacific Coast Avifauna, no. 3, 1902, 71, part (Mendocino Co.). 



C\}iamxa'] flascuUa'] phita Bailey (Florence M.), Handb. Birds W. U. S., 1902, 

 460, part (Marin Co.). 



Cliam<ra fasciata intermedia (not of (Jrinnell, 1900) (Jrixnell, Pacific Coast Avi- 

 fauna, no. 3, 1902, 71, part (Marin and Sonoma counties). 



Cliam!V(i fasciata nifala Ridgwav, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvi, Sept. 30, 1903, 109 

 (Nicasio, IMarin Co., California; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus. ). 



CHAMiEA FASCIATA PUMA Osgood. 

 DTISKY WREN-TIT. 



Similar to C. ^f. rnfuld^ but .still darker, tlio back, etc., deep sepia 

 brown, the pileum and hindneck nearly clove brown, the general color 

 of under parts deep vinaceous-cinnamon or fawn color, with streaks 

 on throat and chest broader (those on throat nearh' ])lack). 



Adult male. — Length (skins), l-i5-1.55 (147.5); w^iiig, 57-59 (57.9); 

 tail, 75-80(78); culmen, 11-12 (ll.-l); tarsus, 25-26 (25.2); middle toe, 

 14-15 (14.2). « 



Adult female. — Length (skin), 142; wing, 58; tail, 79.5; culmen, 

 10.5; tarsus, 23.5; middle toe, 14.5.^ 



Coast district of Oregon (Yaquina Bay) and northern California 

 from mouth of Columbia River to Humboldt Bay.'- 



Chamira fasciata (not of Gambel) Townsend (C. H.), Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 

 1887, 229 (Humboldt Bay, n. California; song). 



Cham xa fasciata })ha'a Osgood, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xiii. May 29, 1899, 42 

 (type from Newport, Yaquina Bay, Oregon; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.) — Amer- 

 ican Ornithologists' Union Committee, Auk, xviii, 1901, 308, part (check 

 list no. 7426). — Grinnell, Pacific Coast Avifauna, no. 3, 1902, 71. — Fisher 

 (W. K.), Condor, iv, 1902, 135 (Humboldt and Del Norte counties). 



Clhamxa'] f[asciata'] phita Bailey (Florence M.), Handb. Birds W. U. S., 1902, 

 460, part. 



CHAM/EA FASCIATA HENSHAWI Ridgway. 

 PALLID WREN-TIT. 



Similar to C. f. faf^ciata^ but decidedly paler, the back, .scapulars, 

 rump, etc., grayish brown (deep hair brown), the pileum and hind- 

 neck brownish gra}' (nearly mouse gray or deep smoke gray), and gen- 

 eral color of under parts varying from very pale grayish buff to buffy 



« Four specimens. 

 ^One specimen. 



<^ The single specimen examined from Humboldt Bay inclines toward the Nica«io 

 form {C.f. rnfula), but is decidedly nearer to (\ f. phua. 



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