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and a white line above it. Below rufous or pale 

 reddish brown. Breeds in the high mountains, 

 south in winter through the wooded valley 

 districts. 



187. Pygmy Nuthatch; Sitta p-^gmaa Vig. 

 Length under four inches. Head brownish or 



bluish gray; breast pale buff, sometimes reddish 

 brown; base of middle tail-feathers white. 

 Rather rare in the mountains of northern Cali- 

 fornia, south in winter in valleys to the region 

 about Monterey. More abundant on the eastern 

 slopes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. 



188. Plain Titmouse; Parus inornatus Gamb. 

 Birds of the titmouse group do not live upon the 



bark of trees as do the nuthatches, although 

 their nests are made in holes in rotten stumps, 

 and many of them are in the habit of pecking at 

 the bark for food. The plain titmouse is about 

 five inches long. It is crested; the upper parts 

 are dark, dull gray; the lower parts dull whitish 

 gray. A common resident of the valleys and 

 foothills of California, generally found among 

 the oaks. 



189. Mountain Chickadee; Parm gambeli 

 Ridgw. 



Uncrested. Length about five and a half inches. 

 The western representative of the common 

 chickadee of the eastern states. Head black; 

 throat black; a distinct line over eye; sides of 

 head white; above ashy gray; below grayish 

 white, the sides with a brownish tinge; wings 

 and tail dark, scarcely marked with whitish. A 

 resident of the mountains in coniferous regions. 



