352 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Range. — Northeastern North America. Breeds in Boreal zones from 

 northern Quebec and Newfoundland south to the Adirondaeks of New York 

 and mountains of northern Vermont and central New Hampshire; migrating 

 casually to Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. 



Penthestes rufescens (Townsend). 



Range. — Pacific coast region of North America from Prince 

 William Sound, Alaska, south to Monterey Bay, California. 



a. Penthestes rufescens rufescens (J. K. Townsend). Chestnut-backed 



Chickadee. [741.] 

 Parus rufescens Townsend, Joum. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, ii, 1837, 

 190. (Columbia River, probably near Fort Vancouver, Washington.) 



Range. — Pacific coast in Canadian and humid Transition zones from 

 Prince William Sound, Alaska, to Sonoma County, California, and east to 

 western Montana. 



b. Penthestes rufescens negl^ctus (Ridgway). California Chickadee. [741a.] 



Parus rufescens /3. negleclvs Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., I, 1879, 

 485. (Nicasio, Marin Co., California.) 



Range. — Coast of middle California in the humid Transition Zone of 

 Sonoma and Marin counties. 



c. Penthestes rufescens barlowi (Grinnell). Barlow's Chickadee. [7416.] 



Parus rufescens barlowi Grinnell, Condor, II, Nov. 16, 1900, 127. 

 (Stevens Creek Cafion, Santa Clara Co., Calif omia.) 



Range. — Coast of middle California in Transition Zone from San Francisco 

 Bay to a little south of Monterey Bay. 



Genus PSALTRIPARTTS Bonaparte. 



Psaltriparus Bonaparte, Comptes Rendus, XXXI, 1850, 478. Type, 

 by monotypy, Psaltriparus personatus Bonaparte = Parus melanotis 

 Hartlaub. 



Psaltriparus minimus (Townsend). 



Range. — Pacific coast of North America from southern British 

 Columbia to the Cape Region of Lower California, and eastward to 

 interior of Oregon and CaUfornia. 



