TASSEKES— PAKIDAE— LOPnOPnANES INOKNATUti. 1G7 



Fam. PARIDAE: Titmice. 



LOPHOPHANES INORNATUS, Gamb. 

 Gray-tufted Titmouse. 



l-arus inornatm; GAMB., Proc. Acad. Kit. Sci. Pl.ila., August, 1845, 2C5 (Upper Call- 

 foruia). 



Topkophanes (sic) biornatm, Bd., Ives' Col. Exped. 1857-58 pt i v, 6. 



Lophophane. inornatus, WoODH., Sitgreave's Exp. Zufii & Col. K.v 18o4 G9.-LD 

 Birds N A., 1858, 386.— Xantus, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 18o9, «J1 (Foit 

 Tejon Cal.).-HEERM., P. R. R. Rep., x,pt. iv, 1859, 4L'.-Bd., Rev. Am. Birds, 

 i 1804 78 -COUES, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila., 18C(], 79 (Fort Whipple).— 

 CooPEil, Birds Cal., i, 1870, 42.-Aiken, Proc. Bost. 8oc. Nat. liist., 1872, 

 195.-COUES, Key N. A. Birds, 1842, 80, f. 22.-BD., BREW., & Ridg., ^. A. 

 Birds, pt. i, 1874, 93, pi. vi, f. 4.— YARROW & Henshaw, Rep. Orn. Specs., 

 1872 Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 7.— Henshaw, Au. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. \., xi, 

 I874'— Jd., Au. List Birds Utah, 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 40.— /«?., Rep. 

 Orn. Specs., 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 99.-COUES, U. S. Geol. Surv. 

 Terr., Birds Northwest, 1874, p. 20. 



Lophophanes blcok,r, Henry, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 107 (New Mexico). 



This Titmouse is resident in Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico, 

 and, in the locahties it most aflects, is a common bird. These, in the more 

 northern portion of its habitat, are the groves of piilon and scrub cedars, and 

 in Southern Arizona the oaks are much frequented; but it never is found, I 

 beUeve, in the pine woods. Its habits nuich resemble those of its eastern 

 congener (L. hicolor). It spends much of its time on the ground, search- 

 ing for insects, and quite hkely the piuon nuts and acorns may, during the fall 

 ami winter, form a part of its food, though I have never seen them pay any 

 attention to these. It has much cuiiosity, and, though somewhat timid, will 

 occasionally remain within easy distance of an intruding person ; keeping a 

 careful watch upon his motions, and uttering its harsh, scolding notes, 

 expressive alike of anger and fear. It has, in the early summer, a short, 

 disconnected song, which, however, is often sweet and pleasing. ^ I have 

 never seen more than three or four together, even in the fall ; but, in every 

 company of the other Titmice, Warblers, or Bluebirds, a few of this species is 

 always found. 



