352 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



RANGE. 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 rufescens (TOWNSEND). 



RANGE. Pacific coast region of North America from Prince 

 William Sound, Alaska, south to Monterey Bay, California. 



a. Penthestes rufescens rufescens (J. K. TOWNSEND). Chestnut-backed 



Chickadee. [741.] 



Parus rufescens TOWNSEND, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, ii, 1837, 

 190. (Columbia River, probably near Fort Vancouver, Washington.) 



RANGE. 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 neglectus (RIDGWAY). California Chickadee. [741a.j 



Parus rufescens /?. neglectus RIDGWAY, Proc. U. S. 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 b&rlowi (GRINNELL). Barlow's Chickadee. [7416.] 



Parus rufescens barlowi GRINNELL, Condor, II, Nov. 16, 1900, 127. 

 (Stevens Creek Canon, Santa Clara Co., California.) 



RANGE. Coast of middle California in Transition Zone from San Francisco 

 Bay to a little south of Monterey Bay. 



GENUS PSALTRIPARUS BONAPARTE. 



Psaltriparus BONAPARTE, Comptes Rendus, XXXI, 1850, 478. Type, 

 by monotypy, Psaltriparus personatus BONAPARTE = Parus melanotis 

 HARTLAUB. 



Psaltriparus minimus (TOWNSEND). 



RANGE. Pacific coast of North America from southern British 

 Columbia to the Cape Region of Lower California, and eastward to 

 interior of Oregon and California. 



