AVRIPARVS. 5(15 



(P. Ligbtcr coloreil, the back palo brownish gra}-, top of head rather 

 light smok^- brown, lower parts palo smokj- grayish ; length 

 about 4.00-4.50, wing 1.85-2.10 (1.94), tail 2.00-2.30 (2.18), tar- 

 sus .60-.G7 (.63). Eggs .55 X -40. Hub. California, except 

 northern coast district. 



743(/. P. minimus californicus Ridgw. Californian Bush-Tit. 

 c*. Back, etc., bluish ash-gru}-. 



d}. Toj) of head light smoky brownish, sides of head paler, etc., as in 



P. minimus californiois ; wing 1.85-2.00 (1.92), tail 2.10-2.30 



(2.18), tarsus .60. Ilab. Southern portion of Lower California. 



7436. P. minimus grindae (Beldinq). Grinda's Bush-Tit. 



(P. Top of head bluish gray, and sides of head light smoky brown, 



not conspicuously contrasted with gray of crown, etc.; length 



about 4.12-4.60, wing 2.00-2.15 (2.08), tail 2.35-2.50 (2.43), 



tarsus .62-70 (.66). Mnb. Eocky Mountain district (chiefly 



within Great Basin), from western Colorado and "Wyoming 



Territoiy to eastern Oregon and w-estern Nevada, south to 



New Mexico and Arizona. 



(96.) 744. P. plumbeus Baird. Lead-colored Bush-Tit. 



a'. Back light brown or grayish brown. 



Adult male: Side of head glossy black ; top of head ash-gray. Adult fe- 

 male: Similar to male, but without black patch on side of head, the 

 black being replaced by light graj-ish brown (paler on malar region and 

 lores), except a streak along each side of occiput. Length about 4.00, 

 wing 1.90-2.00 (1.92), tail 2.10-2.20 (2.15), tarsus .62-.65 (.63). Hah. 

 Ilighlands of Guatemala and southern Me.xico. 

 (97.) P. melanotis (Hartl.). Black-eared Bush-Tit. 



Gexus AURIPARUS B.\ird. (Page 558, pi. CXXIL, fig. 2.) 

 Sipccics, 



Adult male: Head, neck, and chest bright j-ellow, tinged with olive on crown, 

 the forehead sometimes tinged with orange ; lesser wing-coverts rich chestnut-red ; 

 rest of upper parts plain grayish, lower parts (except chin and throat) grayish 

 white or pale graj-ish. Adult female : Similar to male, but usually somewhat duller 

 in colors, the yellow confined to head alone. Young: Top of head and lesser wing- 

 coverts brownish gray, like rest of upper parts ; chin and throat dull grayish white, 

 like other lower parts. Length 4.00-4.60, wing 1.90-2.12, tail 1.75-2.05. JS^st a 

 very bulky globular, flask-shaped, or retort-shaped structure, composed of sticks, 

 thorn}- twigs, coarse grass stems, etc., lined with soft feathers, down, etc.; the en- 

 trance a small circular opening in one end or side ; placed in thorny bushes, six 

 feet or less from ground. Eggs 3-6, .60 X -44. bluish or greenish white or palo 

 greenish blue, speckled, chieflj- round larger end. with reddish brown. JIab. Arid 

 regions of northern Mexico and contiguous portions of United States, from southern 

 Texas to Arizona and Lower California 746. A. flaviceps (Sund.). Verdin. 



