PLAIN TITMOUSE. 
733. Bceolophus inornatus. 5Y 2 inches. 
Range. —California and Oregon, west of the Sierra Nevadas. 
These are quite common throughout their range; they are 
quite a little bird, with only a few “quit, quit ” like notes, 
and in color they are as quiet as in habits. They build 
in cavities of trees or old stumps, their nest lined with 
grasses, hair and feathers. Their five to eight eggs are 
white, rarely with a few specks of brown (.70 x.50). 
BLACK-CRESTED TITMOUSE. 
732. Bceoloplms astricristatus. 5 y 2 inches. 
Range. —Texas, south into Mexico. Similar to above, but 
darker and with the crest black and forehead white. Nesting 
habits same as the above (not illustrated). 
BRIDLED TITMOUSE. 
734. Bceolophus wollweheri. 5 inches. 
Range. —Arizona and Texas into Mexico. This plain colored 
11 tit, ’ ’ with the only markings about the head, black crest 
and breast, with white above and below the eyes, is common 
in parts of Arizona, where it builds within a few feet of 
the ground in cavities of trees. Nest and eggs the same 
as the Plain Titmouse (.70 x.50). 
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