BIKDS OP NORTS AND MIDDLE AMEEIOA. 389 



{Lophophanes] inornatus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 80, part. 

 Llpphophanes] inornatus Coves, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 264, part. 

 [Lophophanes inomatus.l Var. inornatus E:dgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 



1882, 344 (diagnosis). 

 Prams'] {Blaeolophus']) inornatus inornatus Hellmayk, Tierreicli, 18 Lief., Mar., 



1903, 43, part. 



BiEOLOPHUS INORNATUS RESTRICTUS, new subspecies.a 

 SAN FRANCISCO TITMOUSE. 



Similar in size to JB. i. inornatus^ but decidedly darker, the young 

 conspicuously less brown. 



Adult male. — Length (skin), 126.5; wing, 68; tail, 57; culmen, 11.5; 

 tarsus, 20.6; middle toe, 12.5.' 



Adult female. — Length (skin), 125; wing, 66; tail, 56; culmen, 11; 

 tarsus, 20; middle toe, 13.* 



San Francisco Bay district, California (Oakland). 



Lophophanes inornatus (not Parus inornatus Gambel) Coopbb, Orn. Cal., 1870, 

 42, part (San Francisco, California). — Henshaiv, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv, 

 1879, 182 (Oakland, California; breeding habits; descr. nest and eggs). 



Parus inornatus inornatus Geinnell (J.), Pacific Coast Avifauna, no. 3, June 25, 

 1902, 70, part. 



Parus inornatus (not of Gambel) Bailey (Florence M.), Handb. Birds W. U. S., 

 1902, 456, part. 



P^arus] {Blaeolophusl) inornatus inornatus Heixmayk, Tierreich, 18 Lief., 

 March, 1903, 43, part. 



B.^OLOPHUS INORNATUS MURINUS, new subspecies.*: 

 SAN BIEGO TITMOTJSE. 



Similar to £. i. inornatus, but larger; upper parts much grayer, and 

 under parts darker, more decidedly gray. Similar to B. i. grisev^, 

 but decidedly darker. 



Adult TOflfe.— Length (skins), 122-143 (131.9); wing, 68-76.5 (70.8); 

 tail, 57-63 (69.4); culmen, 11-13 (11.9); tarsus, 21-22.6(21.7); middle 

 toe, 12.5-13.5 (12.9). <« 



Adult female.— Ijength (skins), 118-137(129.1); wing, 66-72(69.3); 

 tail, 57-61 (69.2); culmen, 12-12.6 (12.2); tarsus, 20.6-22.5 (21.4); 

 middle toe, 13-14 (13.1).« 



Southern California, in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and San 

 Diego counties, and northern Lower California (Nachoguero Valley, 

 San Pedro Martir Mountains, etc.). 



«Type, no. 163569, coll. U. S. Nat. Mus., adult male, Oakland, California, March 

 24, 1896; Dr. Hornung. 



^ One specimen. 



cType, no. 133812, coll. U. S. Nat. Mus., adult male, Nachoguero Valley, Lower 

 California, June 4, 1894; Dr. E. A. Mearns, U. S. A. 



(* Fifteen specimens. 



« Seven specimens. 



