The Mountain Chickadees 
locality, Mt. Wilson, Los Angeles Co.); Univ. Calif. Pub. Zoo!., vol. v., 1908, p. 124 
(San Bernardino Mts.). 
No. 123c Inyo Mountain Chickadee 
A. O. U. No. 738, part. Penthestes gambeli inyoensis Grinnell. 
Description. —Similiar to P. g. abbreviatus, but paler, in worn plumage more 
ashy; tail averaging a little longer. 
Range of P. g. inyoensis .—“The higher mountains of eastern California lying 
east and southeast of Owens Valley, from the vicinity of Mono Craters and the White 
Mountains, in Mono County, south to the Panamint Mountains, in Inyo County” 
(Grinnell). 
Authorities.—Fisher (Pants gambeli), N. Am. Fauna, no. 7. 1893, p. 139, 
part (Panamint Mts., etc.; desc. nest); Grinnell, L<niv. Calif. Pub. Zool., vol. xvii.. 
1918, p. 509 (orig. desc.; type locality, Jackass Spring, Panamint Mts.). 
IT MAY BE only the partiality of a fellow mountaineer, but some¬ 
how I have fancied that we have in the Mountain Chickadee the sweetest 
and most winsome of his clan. That white line above the eyebrow 
adds a little distinction to the mountaineer, but we will not ground our 
hopes on so slight a claim. Is it, then, that in sweet conhdingness it 
Taken in San Diego County Photo by Dickey 
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SWEET BABIES! 
