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Geographical Distribution. Western United States and temperate parts of Mexico and 
Guatemala. Nine forms. 
Observations. This genus is very nearly related to -/-githaliscus, from which it mainly 
differs by rather longer tail, broader remiges and rectices and different style of coloration. 
KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES OF PSALTRIPARUS 
With black on sidesofhead . . . . . . 2. 
~- No black whatever on sides of head 7. 
2. Entire sides of head black 3 
= Sides.of-head only partly black: 474 a) sea te geet 
Bie BUT OOO DNATA SURO CUBAS 5 6 5 8 8 9 3 6 8 5b 6 6 4 6 4 6 5 6 op hh 
— Back and rump olwe-grey . . . = 2 | © | =| SPA MEDANOMG LeOvDLiG? ads 
4. Back olive-brown, under parts ee buff. ee ee 1. P. MELANOTIS MELANOTIS of ad. 
— Back olive or greyish olive, under parts dull white, very slightly, 
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— Backhand rump olive-grey . . . : » ) + = » « 3 PA MELANOTIS rLovon © andi Give 
6. Back olive-brown, under parts sty er are . . . . . | I. P. MELANOTIS MELANOTIS QO and Gfjuv- 
— Back olive or olive greyish, under parts dull white or but faintly 
tinged with buff . 2, P. MELANOTIS IULUS 9 and of juy. 
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8. Upper parts olive-grey, under parts darker 4. P. PLUMBEUS PLUMBEUS. 
— Ubpfer parts bluish grey, under parts paler 5. P. pLUMBEUS CECAUMENORUM 
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— Back paler cleaner erty. ee OM PERNT SIG RIND: 
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— Paley : the sides and flanks more faintly smoky brown. . . . 8. P. MINIMUS C\LIFORNICUS. 
UM Daher es A 8 ems SAO ARSE 
——wealey. Weer ee ee Ol Nn ITSO SE OINIONTUTSS 
1. Psaltriparus melanotis melanotis (Hartlaub). 
Parus melanotis Hartlaub, Rev. Zool. Vol. 7, p. 216 (1844) (Guatemala). 
Psaltviparus personatus Bonaparte, Compt. Rend, Acad. Sc. Paris, Vol. 31, p. 478 (1850) (Mountains of Southern 
Mexico). 
Psaltrites heluivenivis Cabanis, Journ. f. Ornith. Vol. 29, p. 333 (1881) (Tehuantepec, Mexico?; = ®). 
Fig. Baird, Birds N. America, 1860, p. 396, pl. 53, f. 3; Westermann, Bijdr. Dierk. Vol. 1, no. 3, 185r, 
p. 16, plate, ff. 2 
Hab. Southern Mexico (Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Mexico, Puebla, Vera Cruz, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Chiapas} 
and highlands of Guatemala. 
2. Psaltriparus melanotis iulus Jouy. 
Psaltriparus melanotis mus Jouy, Proc. U. S, Nat. Mus. Vol. 16, p. 776 (1894) (Hacienda El Molino, Jalisco, 
S. W. Mexico). 
Hab. Western- and Central Mexico (Jalisco, Zacatecas, San Luiz Potosi, Tepic). 
5. Psaltriparus melanotis loydi Sennett. 
Psaltyipavus lloyd’ Sennett, Auk, Vol. 5, p. 43 Jan. 1888) (Limpia Canon, near Fort Davis, Presidio County, 
S. W. Texas). 
