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



733. Plain Titmouse {Bceolophus inornatus). L. 



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

 grayish white, belly white, sides often buffy. 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 gray) below whitish gray, no buff 

 on sides. 



Range — Southeastern United States, from southeastern California 

 and Nevada to Colorado and New Mexico. 



Similar 

 whitish 



4.2; T. 

 brown; 



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

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

 gray. 



Range. — Cape Region of Lower California. 



743. Bush-Tit (Psaltriparus minimus). L, 

 2.1. Ads. Crown sooty brown; back grayish 

 below brownish white, sides darker. 



Range. — Pacific coast from northern California to Washington. 



743a. California Bush-Tit(p. m . calif ornicus) . 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 v/estern Texas. 



744.1. Santa Rita Bush* 1\\),Psaltriparus santaritae). 

 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.) 



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 whiti.sh, the 

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

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

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

 in head. 



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

 Grande Rivers" (Sennett), south into Mexico. 



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