Perching Birds Chiefly Gray, Black, or Black and White. 
733. Plain Titmouse (8colophus inornatus). L. 
5.5. Ads. Head crested; above grayish brown; below 
rayish whzte, belly white, sides often buffy. Notes. 
imilar to those of the Tufted Titmouse, but weaker 
and less varied. (Ridgw.) 
Range.—Callfornia, west of the Sierra; north to Oregon. 
733a. Gray Titmouse (8. 7. griseus). Similar to 
‘No. 733, but above gray; below whitish gray, no buff 
on sides. 
Range-—Southeastern United States, from southeastern California 
and Nevada to Colorado and New Mexico. 
733b. Ashy Titmouse (8. 7. céneraceus). Similar 
to No. 733a, but underparts grayish whzte, not whitish 
gray. 
Range.—Cape Region of Lower California. 
743. Bush-Tit (Psaltriparus minimus). L, 4.2; T. 
2.1. Ads. Crown sooty brown; back grayish brown; 
below brownish white, sides darker. 
Range.—Pacific coast from northern California to Washington. 
743a. California Bush-Tit(P. m. californicus). Sim- 
ilar to No. 743, but crown much lighter, brighter brown, 
quite different from the brownish gray back; under- 
parts paler. Notes. When feeding, a faint tsct, tsit, 
tsit, tsit, when moving about, észt, észt, tsit, sre-e-e-e; tsit, 
sre-e-e-e, when a bird is separated from its companions, 
same as last but uttered more hurriedly; alarm note, a 
greatly intensified ¢set ; ¢sit ; tsct ; tset: in presence of 
Hawk or Owl a shrill, quavering trill, sve-e-e-e-e-e. 
(Grinnell. ) 
Range.—California, except the north coast region. 
743b. Grinda Bush-Tit (P. m. grind@). Similar 
to No. 743, but back bluish ash-gray. (Ridgw.) 
Range.—Cape Region of Lower California. 
744. Lead-colored Bush-Tit (Psaltriparus plumbeus). 
L. 4.5. Ads. Crown and back bluish gray, sides of 
ae brownish; below dingy white with a buffy tint on 
elly. 
Range.— Western United States from eastern Oregon and eastern 
California east to Wyoming, Colorado, and western Texas. 
744.1. Santa Rita Busha Tit)Psaltriparus santarite). 
Similar to No. 744, but smaller, sides of head paler, 
male with a more or less distinct blackish line along 
sides of head as in female of No. 745. (Ridgw.) ‘ 
Range.—Santa Rita Mountains, southern Arizona. 
745. Lloyd Bush-Tit (Psaltriparus Woydi). L. 4.2. 1 
Ad. 3. Sides of head shining black, crown blue-gray, 
back browner; chin blackish, underparts whitish, the 
belly and sides buffy. Ad. 2. Sides of head brown- 
ish, ear-coverts bordered above by a narrow black line; 
Bosblad onchin. Yxg. Similar to 2, but no black 
In head. 
Range.—"' Mountains of western Texas, between the Pecos and Rio 
Grande Rivers’’ (Sennett), scuth into Mexico. 
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