566 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



GENUS CHAMPA GAMBEL. (Page 558, pi. CXXIL, fig. 4.) 



Species. 



Adult: Above plain brownish, the tail showing faint narrow darker bars 

 (nearly or quite obsolete in some specimens) ; beneath pale cinnamon, or buffy, 

 middle of belly somewhat paler, throat and ches^t usually faintly streaked with 

 darker ; length about 6.00-6.50. (Sexes alike, and young not materially different 

 from adult.) Nest in low bushes, composed of small twigs and straw, mixed with 

 feathers, open at top. Eggs 3-5, .71 X -57, plain pale greenish blue. 



a 1 . Darker : Above deep umber-brown, the sides of head and neck dark grayish ; 

 beneath light cinnamon wing 2.20-2.60 (2.37), tail 3.20-3.70 (3.41), culmen 

 .40-.45 (.42), tarsus 1.00-1.05 (1.01). Hab. Coast of California. 



742. C. fasciata GAME. Wren-Tit. 



a*. Paler: Above brownish gray, or grayish brown, the sides of head and neck de- 

 cidedly ashy; beneath pale vinaceous-buff, nearly white on belly ; wing 2.20- 

 2.50 (2.37), tail 3.20-3.70 (3.42), culmen .40-.45 (.41), tarsus .95-1.05 (1.00). 

 Hab. Interior of California. 



742a. C. fasciata henshawi EIDQW. Pallid Wren-Tit. 



FAMILY SYL/VIID-5. THE WARBLERS, KINGLETS, AND GNAT- 

 CATCHERS. (Page 322.) 



Genera. 



a 1 Wing longer than the nearly even or emarginate tail ; anterior tarsal envelope 

 continuous or undivided for the greater part of its extent ; no white on 

 tail. 

 b\ Nostrils exposed ; inner side of tarsus with distinct scutellse. (Subfamily 



Sylviince.') Phyllopseustes. (Page 566.) 



ft*. Nostrils concealed by small feathers ; inner side of tarsus without distinct 



scutellse. (Subfamily Regulince.') Regulus. (Page 323.) 



a 1 . "Wing not longer than the graduated tail ; anterior tarsal envelope distinctly 

 scutellate; outer tail-feathers with conspicuous white tips and edgings 

 (sometimes almost entirely white). (Subfamily Polioptilince.) 



Polioptila. (Page 322.) 



GENUS PHYLLOPSEUSTES MEYER. (Page 566, pi. CXXIY., fig. 1.) 



Species. 



Adult: Above plain olive-green; a conspicuous superciliary stripe of grayish 

 white (in summer) or light greenish yellow (in winter) ; lower parts plain whitish, 

 tinged with olive-grayish on sides, and more or less tinged with light greenish yel- 



