BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 689 



[Chamieafasd.aia'] Y&r. fasciata Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, June 5, 1882, 

 14, part (diagnosis). 



Chamieafascialaphxa, part, Osgood, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xiii, May 29, 1899, 

 42 (Nicasio, Marin Co.; Santa Clara; Santa Cruz Mts. ?).— American Orni- 

 thologists' Union Oommiti-bb, Auk, xviii, 1901,308, part (Marin Co.).— 

 Grinnell, Pacific Coast Avifauna, no. 3, 1902, 71, part (Mendocino Co.). 



Clhamiea] /[asciata'] phsea Bailey (Florence M.), Handb. Birds W. U. S., 1902, 

 460, part (Marin Co.). 



Chameeaf asciata intermedia (not of Grinnell, 1900) Ghinnell, Pacific Coast Avi- 

 fauna, no. 3, 1902, 71, part (Marin and Sonoma counties). 



Chamxa faseiala rufula Ridqway, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvi, Sept. 30, 1903, 109 

 (Nicasio, Marin Co., California; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



CHAM.ffiA FASCIATA PH.ffiA Osgood. 

 DUSKY WREN-TIT, 



Similar to C. f. rufula, but still darker, the back, etc. , deep sepia 

 brown, the pileum and hindneck nearly clove brown, the general color 

 of under parts deep vinaceous-cinnamon or fawn color, with streaks 

 on throat and chest broader (those on throat nearly black). 



Adult male.— Ijength (skins), 145-156 (147.5); wing, 57-59 (57.9); 

 tail, 75-80(78); culmen, 11-12 (11.4); tarsus, 25-26 (25.2); middle toe, 

 14-15 (14.2).'' 



Adult female. — Length (skin), 142; wing, 58; tail, 79.5; culmen, 

 10.5; tarsus, 23.5; middle toe, 14.5.* 



Coast district of Oregon (Yaquina Bay) and northern California 

 from mouth of Columbia River to Humboldt Bay.'^^ 



Chamasa fasciaia (not of Gambel) Townsbnd (C. H.), Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 

 1887, 229 (Humboldt Bay, n. California; song). 



Chamiea fasciaia phxa Osgood, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xiii. May 29, 1899, 42 

 (type from Newport, YaquiHa Bay, Oregon; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.) — Amer- 

 ican Ornithologists' Union Committee, Auk, xviii, 1901, 308, part (check 

 list no. 7426). — Grinnell, Pacific Coast Avifauna, no. 3, 1902, 71. — Fisher 

 (W. K.), Condor, iv, 1902, 135 (Humboldt and Del Norte counties). 



Clkamsea} flasdata} phsea Bailey (Florence M.), Handb. Birds W. U. S., 1902, 

 460, part. 



CHAM.(EA FASCIATA HENSHAWI Ridgway. 

 PALLID WREN-TIT. 



Similar to O. f fasciaia, but decidedly paler, the back,- scapulars, 

 rump, etc., grayish brown (deep hair brown), the pileum and hind- 

 neck brownish gray (nearly mouse gray or deep smoke gray), and gen- 

 eral color of under parts varying from very pale grayish buff to buffy 



» Four specimens. 

 * One specimen. 



■<^The single specimen examined from Humboldt Bay inclines toward the Nicasio 

 form {C.f. rufula), but is decidedly nearer to C. f. phsea. 



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