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inhabits the coast region of N. California, Oregon, and Washington, shading insensibly into 

 the following : 



P. m. califor'nicus ? (Lat., Califoruian.) Californian Bush-tit. Lighter colored than 

 the last, on an average. This form inhabits the greater part of the coast region of California, 

 and is intermediate between the last and the next variety. Pr. Biol. Soc. Wash., ii, Apr. 



1884, p. 89; A. 0. U. 

 Lists, 1886 and 1895, No. 

 743 a ; not admitted in 

 ■my former ed. of the Key. 

 P m. grin'dae. (To 

 Don Francisco C. Grin- 

 da ) Grinda's Bush- 

 tit. Adult : Cap pale 

 blown, lightening on sides 

 (if head into white on chin 

 and throat ; other under 

 parts exactly as in P. 

 minimus. Upper parts 

 light plumbeous-gray, 

 \\ ell contrasted with 

 blown of nape. Bill and 

 fut black. Wing 2.00; 

 till 2.30, graduated 0.50; 

 bill 0.20. A further local 

 \ariation, combining to 

 some extent the characters 

 of minimus and plum- 

 heus. Lower California. 

 P grindce, BELDixa, Pr. 

 U S. Nat. Mus., vi, Oct. 

 1^83, p. 1.55; P. m. grin- 

 dce, KiDGW., ihid., viii, 



1885, p. 354 ; CouES, 

 Key, 3d ed., 1887, p. 867; 

 A 0. U. List, 2d ed., 

 1^95, No. 743 &. 

 P pliim'beus. (Lat. 

 phimheus, lead-colored.) 

 Plumbeous Bush-tit. 

 $ 9 , adult : Clear plum- 

 beous, with little or no olive or brownish shade ; top of head not different from back, its sides 

 pale brownish. Under parts as in P. minimus, but clearer. Tail longer than wings. Eyes 

 yellow or dark brown. Length about 4.25 ; wing 1.88-2.12 ; tail 2.25-2.50; bill 0.25; tar- 

 sus 0.60. Closely related to P. minimus, but readily distinguishable. Total length greater, 

 owing to elongation of tail, which sometimes exceeds wings by 0.50. General coloration clearer 

 and purer; crown not different in color from back, but cheeks brownish in obvious contrast. 

 Rocky Mt. region, from Wyoming and Oregon southward ; common in Arizona. 



P. santari'tae. (Lat., of the Santa Rita (mountains). Santa Eita is a Spanisli phrase, 

 meaning "holy creek," rita being a diminutive form of rio, river.) Santa Rita Bush-tit. 

 ^, similar to the last; sides of head paler, and marked with a lateral occipital blackish line 



