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342. Sitta pygmaea pygmaea Vigors. 



Pigmy Nuthatch. 



Synonym — Sitta piisilla var. pygmaea. 



Status — Common resident in the Transition zone throughout the state. Is 

 apparently non-migratory, and though found on all of the higher mountains, has 

 never been observed, even in winter, in the intervening low valleys. 



343. Baeolophus inomatus giiseus (Ridgway). 



Gray Titmouse. 



Synonyms — Lophophanes inomatus; Pants inomatus ridgwayi; Parus in- 

 ornattis griseus. 



Status — Several records from the lower slopes of San Francisco Mountain 

 and neighboring localities, where it is probably resident. Also reported from the 

 Grand Canon in September (Merriam, 1890, p. 41), from Keam Caiion in July, and 

 from Fort Defiance (Baird, 1861, p. 6). Coues (1866a, p. 79) found it as a 

 winter visitant at Fort Whipple. Apparently of rare occurrence in southern 

 Arizona, judging from the absence of records. The only definite statement of 

 its occurrence in the south is that of Brewster (1882, p. 79), who states that it is 

 of rare occurrence in the Chiricahua Mountains. Henshaw (1875b, p. 167) 

 speaks of it as occurring in the oak region of southern Arizona, but mentions 

 no particular locality, and lists no specimens. 



344. Baeolophus wollweberi (Bonaparte). 



Bridled Titmouse. 



Synonyms — Lophophanes wolhvchcri; Parus zvollweberi; Baeolophus woll- 

 zvcberi annexiis. 



Status — Common resident of the Upper Sonoran foothill country of the 

 mountains of southeastern and central Arizona. Reported from nearly all the 

 ranges south and west of the Mogollon Divide, and as far north as Fort Whipple 

 (Coues, 1866a, p. 79). Occasionally wanders to a lovv^er zone in the fall and 

 winter, as evidenced by its occurrence at Sacaton in October and November, 

 1909 (Oilman, 1910, p. 46). Preeminently a bird of the oak woods. 



345. Penthestes sclateri (Kleinschmidt). 



Mexican Chickadee. 



Synonym — Parus meridionalis. 



Status — In Arizona it is known to occur only in the Transition zone of the 

 Chiricahua Mountains (7000 to 10,000 feet), where it is reported to be not un- 

 common (Brewster, 1882, p. 79). 



346. Penthestes gambeli gambeli (Ridgway). 



Mountain Chickadee. 



Synonyms — Parus montanus; Poecile uiontamis; Pants gambeli. 

 Status — Common resident in the higher mountains of northern and central 

 Arizona: San Francisco Mountain, Mogollon Mountains, Fort Whipple, etc., 

 south to Mount Graham. Occurs in the Santa Catalina Mountains in winter 



