Perching Birds Chiefly Gray, Black, or Black and White 



733. Plain Titmouse {Bieolopbui inomatus). L. 

 5.5. yids. Head crested; above grayish b/'own; below 

 grayish wki'lg, belly wliHe, sides often buffy. Notes, 

 Similar to those of the Tufted Titmouse, but weaker 

 and less varied, (Ridgw.) 



Range. — California, west of ihe Sierra; north to Oregon. 



733a. Gray Titmouse {B. i. grtseus). Similar to 

 No. 733, but above ^f-af; below whitish gray, no buff 

 in sides. 



Range.— Southwestern United SWes; from soutbeastem CaEffomia 

 and Nevada to Colorado and New Mexico. 



733b. Ashy Titmouse {fi, ;. t^meTuceus). Similar 

 to No. 733a, but underparts grayish white, not Whitish 

 graj). 



Range. — Cajie Region of Lower Callfornlei. 



743. Bush-Tit {Psaltriparus mimmus). L, 4.2; T. 

 2.1, jds. Crown ioofj' brown; back grayish brown; 

 below brownish white, sides darker. 



Range.-* Pacific coast from northern California to Washington. 

 743a. California ^\19\\-'^\\.{P. m. ealijomicus). Sim- 

 ilar to No. 743, but crown much lighter, brijrhter brown, 

 quite different from the brownish gray back; under- 

 parts paler. Notes. When feeding, a faint tsit, tsit, 



lait, tsit, when moving about, tsit, tsit, tsit, sre-e-^-e; till, 



sre-e-e-e\ when a bird is separated from its companions, 

 same aslasV but uttered more hurriedly; alarm note, a 

 greatly intensified tsit ; tsit ; tsit ; tsit : in presence of 



Hawk or Owl a shrill, quavering trill, sre-e-e-e-e-e. 

 (Grinnell.) 



Range.— California, extepf the north coast region. 



743b. Grinda Bush-Tit (P. m. grinds). Similar 

 to No. 743, but back bluish ash-gray. (Ridgw.) 



Range. — Cape Region of :Lower California. 



744. Lead-colored Bush-Tit {PsaJtriparus plumbeus) . 

 L. 4.5. Ads. C;-o»M and back bluish gray, siJcs .f 

 head brownish; below dingy white with a buffy tint on 

 belly. 



Rjnge,- Western United States from eastern Oregon and tastern 

 California east to Wyoming, Colorado, and western Texas, 



744.1. Santa Rita ^u^\i.'X'n)Hsa,llriparus santaritx). 

 Similar to No. 744, but smaller, sides of head paler, 

 male with a more or less distinct blackish line alung 

 sides of head as in female of No. 745. (Ridgw.) 

 (Now considered the Same as 745-) 



Range, — Santa Rita Mountains, southern Arizona, 



745. Uoyd Bush-Tit {"Psaltriparus lloj'di). L. 4.2. 

 Ad. cf . Sides of head shining black, crown bliitr-gray, 

 back browner; chin blackish, undenparts whitish, the 

 belly and sides buffy. Ad. ?. Sides of head brown- 

 ish, ear-coverts bordered above by a narrow black line; 

 no black on chin. Yng. Similar to ?, but no bhck 

 in head. 



Range. — "Mountains of western Texas, between the Pecos and Wo 

 Grande Rivers" (Sennelt), south Into Mexica, 



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