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471 (743+743 a) Psaltriparus minimus minimus (Tovvnsend) Bonaparte. 



California Bush-tit. 



'iYii.—PsaNripayus minimus califortncus; Pants minimus; Psaltria luiiiima; Acredula 



tninivia. 

 Status — Common resident below Boreal west of the Sierras; most abundant in oak regions. 



472 (744) Psaltriparus plumbeus Baird. 



I^EAD-COLORED BUSH-TIT. 



Status — Common resident along the desert ranges southeast of the vSierra Nevada (Pana- 

 mint, White, Grapevine and Inyo Mountains). 



473 (746) Auriparus flaviceps (Sundevall) Baird. 



Verdin. 



Syn. — yEgithalus flaz:iceps\ Paroides flaviceps; Auriparus flaviceps ornaiiis. 



Status — Common resident locally in the deserts (Lower Sonoran) of southeastern Califor- 

 nia; recorded north to Resting Springs, Inyo County, and west to Barstow, Cohuilla Val- 

 lej', etc. 



474 (748 a) Regulus satrapa olivaceus Baird. 



WEvSTern Gor<DEN-CRowNED Kinglet. 



Syn. — Regulus satrapa. 



Status — Common winter visitant south through the humid const belt; of irregular occur- 

 rence in midwinter elsewhere west of the Sierras south as far as Mount Wilson, Los 

 Angeles County; remains through the sumnser sparingly on the high vSierra Nevada south 

 to vicinity of Mount Whitney. 



475 (749) Regulus calendula calendula (IJnnseus) IJchtenstein. 



Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 



Status — Abundant winter visitant throughout the State; remains through the summer and 

 breeds in Boreal on the Sierras south to the San Jacinto Moutains. 



476 (749 a) Regulus calendula grinnelli Palmer. 



Sitka Kinglet. 



Status — Fairly common winter visitant south through the humid coast belt as far as 

 Monterey. 



477 (751 a) Polioptila ca3rulea obscura Ridgway. 



Western Gnatcatcher. 



Syn. — Pohoptila ccerulea; Culicivora ccerulea. 



Status — Common resident locally through Sonoran (excepting the humid coast belt); 

 migrant northerly; recorded in summer north to Yreka. 



