100 PACIFIC COAST AVIFAUNA No. 12 



187. Psaltriparus minimus minimus (J. K. ToAvnsend) 



Coast Bush-tit 



Psaltria niinimus californicus (/) Mailliard, Bull. Cooper Orn. Club, i, 1899. p. 4.5. 

 Psaltriparus mmimus minimus (2) Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 129. (.?) Swarth, Auk, 



XXXI, 1914, p. 499. (.'/) Grinnell, Pac. Coast Avif., 11, 1915, p. 16.5. 

 Psaltriparus minimus californicus (5) Willett, Pac. Coast Avlf., 7, 1912, p. 105. (6) 



Wright and Snyder, Condor, xv, 1913, p. 92. 



Common resident of Santa Cruz Island, and occurs on Catalina. In the 

 brushy oak timber and on the canyon sides of Santa Cruz, these tiny birds are 

 often met with. During late April, 1911, A. van Rossem and I found them to be 

 rather common. H. Wright and G. K. Snyder (6) noted a flock in the brush, 

 July 7, 1912, and C. B. Linton (2) recorded several seen during November and 

 December, 1907. G. Willett (MS) says he has seen quite a few in the western oak 

 region of Catalina in the springs of 1904 and 1905. 



H. S. Swarth (.5), in his paper relating to this genus, reports conclusively 

 that the island bird is vtinimus and not caUforvicus as some times recorded. 



188. Regulus satrapa olivaceus Baird 

 Western Golden-crowned Kinglet 



Regulus satrapa olivaceus (1) Willett, Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 1912, p. 105. (!) Grinnell, 

 Pac. Coast Avif., 11, 1915, p. 167. 



C. B. Linton (1) shot a pair on Santa Cruz Island, October 21, 1908. 



189. Regulus calendula calendula (Linnaeus) 



RUBY-CROW^NED KiNGLET 



Regulus calendula (1) Cooper, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., iv, 1870, p. 78. (2) Grinnell, Auk, 



XV, 1898, p. 236. (3) Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 129. 

 Regulus calendula calendula (J/) Willett, Pac. Coast. Avif., 7, 1912, p. 106. 



Probably a regular but fairly rare winter visitant to suitable localities. J. 

 Grinnell (2) noted a very few of these birds on Catalina the last of December, 

 1897, and C. B. Linton (,5) found them rather common on Santa Cruz during 

 November and December, 1907. 



190. Polioptila caerulea obscura Ridgway 



Western Gnatcatcher 



Polioptila melanura (/) Cooper, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., iv, 1870, p. 78. 



Polioptila caerulea ohscura (2) Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 129. (,3) Osburn, Condor, xi, 



1909, p. 138. (-'/) Willett, Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 1912, p. 106. (5) Grinnell, Pac. Coast 



Avif., 11, 1915, p. 168. 



Rather rare on Catalina and Santa Cruz islands, but probably resident. G. 

 Willett {MS) occasionally met with tliem on the western part of Catalina during 

 March, 1905. The specimen, now in the Berkeley Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, 

 which J. G. Cooper {!) took on Catalina in 1861, and which he labelled P. melan- 

 ura, proves to be obscura. C. B. Linton and G. Willett (2) heard gnatcatchers 

 several times on Santa Cruz Island in Noveml)er and December, 1907, and a male 

 was secured October 21, 1908. 



