566 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
Genus CHAMZZA GamBeEL. (Page 558, pl. 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 chest usually faintly streaked with 
darker; length about 6.00-6.50. (Sexes alike, and young not materially different 
from adult.) Mest in low bushes, composed of small twigs and straw, mixed with 
feathers, open at top. Eygs 3-5, .71 x .57, plain pale greenish blue. 
a, 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 Gams. 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 Ripaw. Pallid Wren-Tit. 
Famity SYLVIIDZE.—Tue Warsters, KINGLETS, AND GNAT- 
CATCHERS, (Page 322.) 
Genera. 
a! 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. 
o'. Nostrils exposed; inner side of tarsus with distinct scutelle. (Subfamily 
SylOUNE.) wsedannvesses iisapssaneaedveas sdaaean sees Phyllopseustes. (Page 566.) 
b?. Nostrils concealed by small feathers ; inner side of tarsus without distinct 
scutelle. (Subfamily Regulin@.).........scooereeees Regulus. (Page 323.) 
a’, 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 Polioptiline.) 
Polioptila. (Page 322.) 
Genus PHYLLOPSEUSTES Meymr. (Page 566, pl. CKXIV.,, 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- 
