ORDER PASSERES. 353 
a. Psaltriparus minimus minimus (J. K. Townsenp). Bush-Tit. [743.] 
Parus minimus TownsEnD, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, ii, 1837, 
190. (Columbia River, probably near Fort Vancouver, Washington.) 
Rance.— Transition and Upper Sonoran zones of the Pacific coast from 
southern British Columbia and northern Washington to northern Lower 
California. 
b. Psaltriparus minimus californicus Rincway. California Bush-Tit. [743a.] 
Psaltriparus minimus californicus Ripaway, Proce. Biol. Soc. Wash., II, 
April 10, 1884, 89. (Baird, Shasta Co., California.) 
RanGeE.— Transition and Upper Sonoran zones of Oregon and California 
(except coast strip) from northeastern Oregon to southern California. 
c. Psaltriparus minimus grinde Ripaway. Grinda’s Bush-Tit. [743b.] 
Psaltriparus grinde Ripeway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VI, 1883, 155. 
(Laguna, Lower California.) 
RanGE.— Cape Region of Lower California in Upper Sonoran Zone. 
Psaltriparus plimbeus (Bairp). Lead-colored Bush-Tit. [744.] 
Psaltria plumbea Bairp, Proce. Acad. Nat. Sei. Phila., WII, 1854, 118. 
(Little Colorado River, near Long. 111° W., Arizona.) 
RancGEe.— Transition and Upper Sonoran zones of the arid interior 
from eastern Oregon and western Wyoming south to southeastern 
California, northern Sonora, and western Texas, and from western 
Nevada to central Colorado. 
Psaltriparus melanétis (HARTLAUB). 
RanGE.— Southern border of western United States, Mexico, and 
Guatemala. 
a. [Psaltriparus melanotis melanotis. Extralimital.] 
b. Psaltriparus melanotis lloydi Sennerr. Lloyd’s Bush-Tit. [745.] 
Psaltriparus lloydi SeNNETT, Auk, V, Jan., 1888, 43. (Limpia Cafion, 
near Fort Davis, Jeff Davis Co., Texas.) 
RancE.— Mountains of southeastern desert region, mainly in Upper Son- 
oran Zone, in southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico, and western 
Texas (mountains between Pecos River and Rio Grande) south into Sonora 
and Chihuahua. 
