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471 (743 + 743 a) Psaltriparus minimus minimus (Townsend) Bonaparte. 



California Bush-tit. 



S\ii .—Psaltriparus minimus cali/ornicus; Parus minimus; /^saNria luiiiiina; Acrednla 



minima. 

 Status — Common resident below Boreal west of the Sierras; most abundant in oak regions. 



472 (744) Psaltriparus plumbeus Baird. 



Lead-colored Bush-tit. 



Status — Common resident along the desert ranges southeast of the Sierra Nevada (Pana- 

 mint, White, Grapevine and Inyo Mountains). 



473 (746J Auriparus flaviceps (vSundevall) Baird. 



Verdin. 



Syn. — yEgithalus Jlaviceps; Paroides flaviceps; Auriparus flaviceps ornatus. 



Status — Common resident locally in the deserts (Lower Sonoran) of southeastern Califor- 

 nia; recorded north to Resting Springs, Inyo County, and west to Barstow, Cohuilla Val- 

 ley, etc. 



474 (748 a) Regulus satrapa olivaceus Baird. 



Western Golden-crowned KixciUET. 



Syn. — Regulus satrapa. 



Status — Common winter visitant south through the humid eoa.st belt; of irregular occur- 

 rence in midwinter elsewhere west of the Sierras south as far as Mount Wilson, Los 

 Angeles County; remains through the summer sparingly on the high Sierra Nevada south 

 to vicinity of Mount Whitney. 



475 (749) Regulus calendula calendula (Linnaeus) Lichtenstein. 



Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 



Status— Abundant winter visitant throughout the State; remains through the summer and 

 breeds in Boreal on the Sierras south to the vSan Jacinto Moutains. 



476 (749 a) Regulus calendula grinnelli Palmer. 



vSiTKA Kinglet. 



Status— Fairly common winter visitant south through the Inmiid coast belt as far as 

 Monterey. 



477 (751 a) Polioptila caerulea obscura Ridgway. 



Western Gnatcatchek. 



^v^.— Polioptila ccerulea; Culicivora ccerulea. 



Status— Common resident locally through Sonoran (excepting the humid coast belt); 

 migrant northerly; recorded in summer north to Yreka. 



