aoe CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
RancE.— Northeastern North America. Breeds in Boreal zones from 
northern Quebec and Newfoundland south to the Adirondacks of New York 
and mountains of northern Vermont and central New Hampshire; migrating 
casually to Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. 
Penthestes ruféscens (TOWNSEND). 
Rance.— Pacific coast region of North America from Prince 
William Sound, Alaska, south to Monterey Bay, California. 
a. Penthestes rufescens rufescens (J. K. Townsmnp). Chestnut-backed 
Chickadee. [741.] 
Parus rufescens TOwNSEND, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, ii, 1837, 
190. (Columbia River, probably near Fort Vancouver, Washington.) 
RanceE.— Pacific coast in Canadian and humid Transition zones from 
Prince William Sound, Alaska, to Sonoma County, California, and east to 
western Montana. 
b. Penthestes rufescens negléctus (Ripcway). California Chickadee. [741a.] 
Parus rufescens B. neglectus Ripaway, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., I, 1879, 
485. (Nicasio, Marin Co., California.) 
RaNGE.— Coast of middle California in the humid Transition Zone of 
Sonoma and Marin counties. 
c. Penthestes rufescens barlowi (GRINNELL). Barlow’s Chickadee. [741b.] 
Parus rufescens barlowi GRiINNELL, Condor, II, Nov. 16, 1900, 127. 
(Stevens Creek Cafion, Santa Clara Co., California.) 
Rance.— Coast of middle California in Transition Zone from San Francisco 
Bay to a little south of Monterey Bay. 
GENUS PSALTRIPARUS BonaPaARTE. 
Psaltriparus BONAPARTE, Comptes Rendus, XXXI, 1850, 478. Type, 
by monotypy, Psaltriparus personatus BONAPARTE = Parus melanotis 
HARTLAUB. 
Psaltripdrus minimus (TowNSEND). 
Rance.— Pacific coast of North America from southern British 
Columbia to the Cape Region of Lower California, and eastward to 
interior of Oregon and California. 
