ORDER PASSERES. 353 



a. Psaltriparus minimus minimus (J. K. TOWNSEND). Bush-Tit. [743.] 



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

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



RANGE. Transition and Upper Sonoran zones of the Pacific coast from 

 southern British Columbia and northern Washington to northern Lower 

 California. 



6. Psaltriparas minimus californicus RIDGWAY. California Bush-Tit. [743a.] 



Psaltriparus minimus californicus RIDGWAY, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., II, 

 April 10, 1884, 89. (Baird, Shasta Co., California.) 



RANGE. Transition and Upper Sonoran zones of Oregon and California 

 (except coast strip) from northeastern Oregon to southern California. 



c. Psaltriparus minimus grindae RIDGWAY. Grinda's Bush-Tit. [7436.] 



Psaltriparus grinds RIDGWAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VI, 1883, 155. 

 (Laguna, Lower California.) 



RANGE. Cape Region of Lower California in Upper Sonoran Zone. 



Psaltriparus plumbeus (BAIRD). Lead-colored Bush-Tit. [744.] 



Psaltria plumbea BAIRD, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, 1854, 118. 

 (Little Colorado River, near Long. 111 W., Arizona.) 



RANGE. 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 melanotis (HARTLAUB). 



RANGE. Southern border of western United States, Mexico, and 

 Guatemala. 



a. [Psaltriparus melanotis melanotis. Extralimital.] 



6. Psaltriparus melanotis lloydi SENNETT. Lloyd's Bush-Tit. [745.] 



Psaltriparus U-oydi SENNETT, Auk, V, Jan., 1888, 43. (Limpia Canon, 

 near Fort Davis, Jeff Davis Co., Texas.) 



RANGE. 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. 



