AURIPARUS. 565 
@. Lighter colored, the back pale brownish gray, top of head rather 
light smoky brown, lower parts pale smoky grayish; length 
about 4.00-4.50, wing 1.85-2.10 (1.94), tail 2.00-2.30 (2.18), tar- 
sus .60-.67 (.63). Eggs 55> .40. Hab. California, except 
northern coast district. 
743a. P. minimus californicus Ripew. Californian Bush-Tit. 
ce. Back, etc., bluish ash-gray. 
@. Top of head light smoky brownish, sides of head paler, ete. as in 
P. minimus californicus ; wing 1.85-2.00 (1.92), tail 2.10-2.30 
(2.18), tarsus .60. Hab. Southern portion of Lower California. 
743). P. minimus grindz (Brexpine). Grinda’s Bush-Tit, 
@, Top of head bluish gray, and sides of head light smoky brown, 
not conspicuously contrasted with gray of crown, etc.; length 
about 4.12-4.60, wing 2.00-2.15 (2.08), tail 2.35-2.50 (2.43), 
tarsus .62-.70 (.66). Hab. Rocky Mountain district (chiefly 
within Great Basin), from western Colorado and Wyoming 
Territory to eastern Oregon and western Nevada, south to 
New Mexico and Arizona. 
(96.) 744, P. plumbeus Barrp. Lead-colored Bush-Tit. 
a. Back light brown or grayish brown. 
Adult male: Side of head glossy black; top of head ash-gray. Adult fe- 
male: Similar to male, but without black patch on side of head, the 
black being replaced by light grayish brown (paler on malar region and 
lores), except a streak along each side of occiput. Length about 4.00, 
wing 1.90-2.00 (1.92), tail 2.10-2.20 (2.15), tarsus .62-.65 (.63). Hab. 
Highlands of Guatemala and southern Mexico. 
(97.) P. melanotis (HarTL.). Black-eared Bush-Tit. 
Gzunus AURIPARUS Barrp. (Page 558, pl. CXXILI,, fig. 2.) 
Species. 
Adult male: Head, neck, and chest bright yellow, tinged with olive on crown, 
the forehead sometimes tinged with orange; lesser wing-coverts rich chestnut-red ; 
rest of upper parts plain grayish, lower parts (except chin and throat) grayish 
white or pale grayish. Adult female: Similar to male, but usually somewhat duller 
in colors, the yellow confined to head alone. Young: Top of head and lesser wing- 
coverts brownish gray, like rest of upper parts; chin and throat dull grayish white, 
like other lower parts. Length 4.00-4.60, wing 1.90-2.12, tail 1.75-2.05. West a 
very bulky globular, flask-shaped, or retort-shaped structure, composed of sticks, 
thorny twigs, coarse grass-stems, etc., lined with soft feathers, down, etc.; the en- 
trance a small circular opening in one end or side; placed in thorny bushes, six 
feet or less from ground. Eggs 3-6, .60 x .44, bluish or greenish white or pale 
greenish blue, speckled, chiefly round larger end, with reddish brown. Hab. Arid 
regions of northern Mexico and contiguous portions of United States, from southern 
Texas to Arizona and Lower California......... 746. A. flaviceps (Sunp.). Verdin. 
