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BIRDS OF NEW MEXICO 
NEW MEXICO 
Map 40. Bridled Titmouse 
Triangles mark breeding and yc»rVmg records 
VERDINS: Subfamily Remizinae 
VERDIN: Aurioarus fldviceps flfiviceps (Sundevall) 
Plate 53 
Description. — Length: 4-4.6 inches, wing 1.9-2.1, tail 1.7-2. Adults: Whole 
head dull yellow , forehead sometimes tinged with orange-rufous; body brownish gray , 
wings and tail darker with pale edgings, shoulder patch reddish brown; posterior 
underparts becoming whitish, median line sometimes faintly tinged with yellow; 
legs and feet bluish gray. (Female slightly duller in color, especially the yellow 
of head.) Young in juvenal plumage: Similar to adults but without yellow of head 
or reddish brown of wing coverts. After first molt, it becomes indistinguishable 
from the adults. 
RANGE.-r-Lower Sonoran desert and arid regions from southeastern California, 
southern Nevada, southwestern Utah, northwestern Arizona, southern New Mexico, 
and southern Texas south to Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Durango, and northern Sonora. 
