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BRIDLED, OR WOLLWEBER’S TITMOUSE. 
Parus wollweberi Henry. 
The BRIDLED TITMOUSE, or WOLLWEBER’s TITMOUSE, is another western species. 
It ranges from western Texas, southern New Mexico, and southern Arizona southward. 
Says Dr. Coues: “This elegant little species is better known stuffed than alive; the 
Stubengelehrten and some of the ‘Balgkrdimer’ (among whom it is whispered the namer 
of Parus galeatus is ranked by some) have had it pretty much their own way. Yet the 
remark, made by Dr. Brewer in 1874, that ‘Dr. Kennerly is the only one of our naturalists 
who has mentioned meeting the species in its living form,’ was not striétly correct. 
For one, I had become familiar with the bird at Fort Whipple, Arizona, and had summed 
my observations in a brief phrase:—‘Permanent resident; common, more so at least 
than the preceding (P. inornatus). Usually semi-gregarious except when breeding. Found 
in all situations; but chiefly affects the oak thickets, and the chaparral of open hill- 
sides. Generally distributed through the Territory, and extending southward into 
Sonora.” The eggs, five to seven in number, are plain white. 
SCIENTIFIC NAMES: Lophophanes wollweberi Bonap. (1850). PARUS WOLLWEBERI Henry (1855). 
P,. annexus Cass. (1850). P. galeatus Licht. Lophophanes galeatus Cah. (1850). 
DESCRIPTION: “Adult, top of head, including crest, black, the crown, gray; a streak behind cye, connect- 
ing posteriorly with a vertical bar or crescent behind ear-coverts, collar round hind-neck, and patch 
covering chin, and throat black; rest of head, grayish-whitish; upper parts plain grayish. Lower parts 
white medially, grayish laterally. 
“Length, 4.50 to 5.00; wing, 2.60 to 2.80; tail, 2.40 to 2.65." (Ridgway, Manual, p. 562.) 
MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE, OR WAITE-BROWED TITMOUSE. 
Parus gambeli Ripcway. 
The Mountain-CHICKADEE, Ot WHITE-BROWED TITMOUSE, is a common inhabitant 
of the Rocky Mountains and the Sierras, up to the timber line. ‘‘The vast tracts of 
coniferous forests, that clothe these alpine regions with perennial verdure, seem best 
suited to its requirements. Yet it is not confined to the pine-belts; it often descends to 
the low country, even in the southern portions of its habitat, and is then to be found 
among the fringes of willows and cottonwoods along the streams.’”’ (Coues.) ‘Eggs 
usually (?) plain white, sometimes spotted with reddish-brown.” (Ridgway.) 
SCIENTIFIC NAMES: Parus montanus Gamb. (1843). Poecile montanus Coues (1866). PARUS GAM- 
BELI Riweway. , 
DESCRIPTION: ‘Head without crest; top of head and throat black; a white superciliary stripe; bill very 
slender. Above, gray, the wings without distinct lighter edgings. Beneath, grayish-white medially, 
brownish-gray laterally. 
“Length, 5.00 to 5.45; wing, 2.70 to 3.00; tail, 2.40 to 2.60 inches.” (Ridgw., Manual, p. 562.) 
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