TITMICE AND BUSH-TITS: Family Paridae [ 439 ] 



Gray Titmouse: 



Baeolophus inornatus griseus (Ridgway) 



DESCRIPTION. "Similar to inornatus [Oregon Titmouse], but lighter; upper parts 

 light gray; under parts whitish gray. Length: 5.75-6.10, wing 1.80-3.00, tail 1.40- 

 z.yo, bill .40-. 48." (Bailey) Nest: In holes in trees, made of feathers and other soft 

 material. Eggs: 6 to 8, white. 



DISTRIBUTION. General: Breeds from northern California, extreme southern Oregon, 

 Nevada, southern Idaho, Utah, and southwestern Wyoming and Colorado to south- 

 eastern California, Arizona, New Mexico, and west-central Texas. Winters through- 

 out most of its range. In Oregon: Known definitely only from Warner Valley in 

 extreme southern Lake County. 



THE GRAY TITMOUSE is known as an Oregon species from five specimens, 

 four of which were collected in the extreme southern part of Warner 

 Valley. Two, taken by Walker at the Murial Jacobs Ranch, May 3, 1930, 

 are now in the Cleveland Museum and form the basis for Oberholser's 

 (1931) recently described subspecies %aleptus, which is the only published 

 reference to the Gray Titmouse in any form' as an Oregon bird. Because 

 of the lack of comparative material and the fact that this form was 

 described subsequent to the last A. O. U. Check-List and so has not yet 

 been passed by the A. O. U. committee, we prefer to let it stand as the 

 above-recognized form. The third and fourth specimens were collected 

 by Jewett at South Warner, May 19, 1932.. He also saw two titmice at 

 Barley Camp a few miles west of the Jacobs Ranch, October 17 and 19, 

 1931, but did not obtain them. The fifth was taken by Jewett, February 

 9, 1936, in the Blitzen Canyon, Steens Mountains, in Harney County. 

 The Gray Titmouse is not uncommon in the juniper belt of northern Cali- 

 fornia in the vicinity of Clear Lake, and the species will undoubtedly be 

 found in the similar country in southern Klamath County. 



Coast Bush-tit: 



Psaltriparus minimus minimus (Townsend) 



DESCRIPTION. "Top of head sooty brown; back dark grayish brown or brownish gray; 

 under parts smoky brownish on sides. Length: 4.00-4.50, wing 1.95, tail i.xo." 

 (Bailey) Nest: Skillfully woven pendent structure (huge for size of bird) made of 

 plant fibers, moss, feathers, and other material, usually hung on small trees and 

 bushes. The entrance is a small opening to one side (Plate 77, A). Eggs: 5 to 9, 

 white. 



DISTRIBUTION. General: Along coast from British Columbia south to southern Cali- 

 fornia. In Oregon: Regular permanent resident and breeding bird of Willamette 

 Valley and at least as far south inland as Glendale, Douglas County, and along 

 coast into California. (See Figure 14.) 



THE TINY Coast Bush-tit (Plate 77, A) is a fairly common resident of the 

 Willamette Valley and of the coast along the entire length of the State. 



