732 Black-crested Titmouse " atricristatus atricristatus 242
732_a_ Sennett's Titmouse " " sennetti 303
733 Plain Titmouse BA|olophus inornatus inornatus 242
733_a_ Gray Titmouse " " griseus 242
733_b_ Ashy Titmouse " " cineraceus 242
734 Bridled Titmouse " wollweberi 244
735 Chickadee Penthestes atricapillus atricapillus 245
735_a_ Long-tailed Chickadee " " septentrionalis 245
735_b_ Oregon Chickadee " " occidentalis 245
735_c_ Yukon Chickadee " " turneri 303
736 Carolina Chickadee " carolinensis carolinensis 245
736_a_ Plumbeous Chickadee " " agilis 245
736_b_ Florida Chickadee " " impiger 303
737 Mexican Chickadee " sclateri 245
738 Mountain Chickadee " gambeli gambeli 244
738_a_ Bailey's Mountain
Chickadee " " baileyA| 303
739 Alaska Chickadee " cinctus alascensis 244
740 Hudsonian Chickadee " hudsonicus hudsonicus 244
740_a_ Acadian Chickadee " " littoralis 244
741 Chestnut-backed Chickadee " rufescens rufescens 244
741_a_ California Chickadee " " neglectus 244
741_b_ Barlow's Chickadee " " barlowi 244
741_c_ Valdez Chestnut-sided
Chickadee " " vivax 303
743 Bush-Tit Psaltriparus minimus minimus 242
743_a_ California Bush-Tit " " californicus 242
743_b_ Grinda's Bush-Tit " " grindA| 242
744 Lead-colored Bush-Tit " plumbeus 242
745 Lloyd's Bush-Tit " melanotis lloydi 242
746 Verdin Auriparus flaviceps flaviceps 195
746_a_ Cape Verdin " " lamprocephalus 195
Family CHAMA†IDA†. Wren-Tits.
A.O.U.
No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page
742 Wren-Tit ChamA|a fasciata fasciata 215
742_a_ Pallid Wren-Tit " " henshawi 215
742_b_ Coast Wren-Tit " " phA|a 300
742_c_ Ruddy Wren-Tit " " rufula 300
Family SYLVIIDA†. Warblers, Kinglets, Gnatcatchers.
A.O.U.
No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page
747 Kennicott's Willow Warbler Acanthopneuste borealis 212
748 Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa satrapa 187
748_a_ Western Golden-crowned Kinglet " " olivaceus 187
749 Ruby-crowned Kinglet " calendula calendula 176
749_a_ Sitkan Kinglet " " grinnelli 176
750 Dusky Kinglet " " obscurus 177
751 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila cA|rulea cA|rulea 243
751_a_ Western Gnatcatcher " " obscura 243
752 Plumbeous Gnatcatcher " plumbea 243
753 Black-tailed Gnatcatcher " californica 243
Family TURDIDA†. Thrushes, Solitaires, Stonechats,
Bluebirds, etc.
A.O.U.
No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page
754 Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi 247
755 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina 233
756 Veery " fuscescens fuscescens 238
756_a_ Willow Thrush " " salicicola 238
757 Gray-cheeked Thrush " aliciA| aliciA| 239
757_a_ Bicknell's Thrush " " bicknelli 239
758 Russet-backed Thrush " ustulata ustulata 239
758_a_ Olive-backed Thrush " " swainsoni 239
759 Alaska Hermit Thrush " guttata guttata 238
759_a_ Audubon's Hermit Thrush " " auduboni 238
759_b_ Hermit Thrush " " pallasi 238
759_c_ Dwarf Hermit Thrush " " nana 238
759_d_ Monterey Hermit Thrush " " slevini 302
759_e_ Sierra Hermit Thrush " " sequoiensis 302
[760] Red-winged Thrush Turdus musicus A.V.
761 Robin Planesticus migratorius migratorius 207
761_a_ Western Robin " " propinquus 207
761_b_ Southern Robin " " achrusterus 207
762 San Lucas Robin " confinis 207
763 Varied Thrush Ixoreus nA|vius nA|vius 207
763_a_ Northern Varied Thrush " " meruloides 207
[764] Siberian Red-spotted Bluethroat Cyanosylvia suecica robusta A.V.
[764.1] Greater Kamchatkan Nightingale Calliope calliope
camtschatkensis A.V.
765 Wheatear Saxicola A"nanthe A"nanthe 248
765_a_ Greenland Wheatear " " leucorhoa 248
766 Bluebird Sialia sialis sialis 182
766_a_ Azure Bluebird " " fulva 182
767 Western Bluebird " mexicana occidentalis 182
767_a_ Chestnut-backed Bluebird " " bairdi 182
767_b_ San Pedro Bluebird " " annabelA| 182
768 Mountain Bluebird " currucoides 182
APPENDIX I
ADDITIONS, SUBTRACTIONS, AND EMENDATIONS.
Since the publication of the first edition of the 'Color Key' in 1903,
the American Ornithologists' Union has issued the Third Edition (1910)
of its 'Check-List of North American Birds.' This includes all
approved additions to and changes in the preceding edition made since
1903 as well as rulings on a number of cases which were in abeyance at
the time the first edition of the 'Color Key' appeared.
Mere changes in nomenclature not affecting the status of a species are
given without comment in the preceding Systematic Table, which has
been fully revised and brought up to date. To ascertain the correct,
current name of any species or subspecies of North American bird the
student, after determining its identity in the 'Color Key,' has only
to refer to its number in the Systematic Table to learn whether any
change has been made in nomenclature. In addition to actual changes in
nomenclature due to the detection of errors in earlier names, it
should be noted that a third name or trinomial is now employed for
each race of a species, and also that an apostrophe is used in
connection with the names of birds named for individuals. Throughout
the 'Color Key,' therefore, alterations should be made when required
by these two changes in method.
All other changes than these simple ones of names are included, with
explanations, in this appendix, and the student is urged to make
manuscript cross-references on the pages where such changes occur to
avoid their being overlooked.
As far as possible the language of the original describer of the new
subspecies of birds is here quoted, while the Ranges are mainly from
the A.O.U. Check-List.
References to original sources of publication are given only with
cases included in the first supplement to the Third Edition (1910) of
the Check List. In all other instances reference to the original place
of description, etc., is contained in the 'Check-List.'
Pages 29, 127. The North American Kites, Hawks, Falcons, Eagles, etc.,
are now placed in three families instead of one, as follows:
BUTEONIDA†, containing the Kites, Hawks and Eagles (Nos. 327-352a);
FALCONIDA† containing the Falcons and Caracaras (Nos. 353-363), and
PANDIONIDA†, containing the Osprey (No. 364).
Pages 39, 162, 168. The subfamilies TroglodytinA| and MiminA| are now
elevated to full family rank. The Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Nos.
702-712) are therefore the North American members of the Family
MIMIDA†; and the Wrens (Nos. 713-725e) the North American members of
the Family TROGLODYTIDA†.
Pages 39, 162, 169. The subfamilies SittinA| and ParinA| are now
elevated to full family rank. The Nuthatches (Nos. 727 to 730a) are
therefore the North American members of the Family SITTIDA†; and the
Titmice (Nos. 732 to 746a, except Nos. 742 to 742c now placed in the
Family CHAMA†IDA†, see beyond) the North American members of the Family
PARIDA†.
Page 63. Cancel No. 94, _Puffinus fuliginosus_, which proves to be the
same as No. 95, _Puffinus griseus_. The common name, however, is
retained and the species stands =95, Sooty Shearwater= (_Puffinus
griseus_). Characters as given.
Range--Oceans of Southern Hemisphere; occurs in summer on the Pacific
coast from southern Alaska to Lower California, and on the Atlantic
coast from Gulf of St. Lawrence to South Carolina.
Page 77. But one form of the Black Duck is recognized by the A.O.U.
It stands as No. 133. Black Duck (_Anas rubripes_), which name,
therefore, includes both Nos. 133 and 133a.
Page 92. After No. 197 add: =197a. Brewster's Egret= (_Egretta
candidissima brewsteri_). Similar to No. 197 "but larger, bill longer,
tarsus longer, and whole leg _very much_ heavier or thicker." [Male].
Tar. 4.36; B. 3.60. [Female]. Tar. 4.00; B. 3.42. (Thayer and Bangs).
Range--"Southern Lower California." (A.O.U.).
Page 97. After No. 210 add: =210.1. Light-footed rail.= (_Rallus
levipes_) "Much smaller than either _R. obsoletus_ or _R. beldingi_,
bill much more slender, tarsus and foot smaller than in either;
superciliary white instead of rusty...." W. 5.70; T. 2.24; Tar. 1.81;
B. 2.24. (Bangs).
Range--"Marshes of southern California, from Santa Barbara south to
San Quintin Bay, Lower California; accidental in Arizona." (A.O.U.)
Page 98. After No. 216 add: =216.1. Farallon Rail= (_Creciscus
coturniculus_). "Smaller [than No. 216] with much slenderer bill; the
plumbeous of the under parts deeper, the chestnut-brown of the upper
parts brighter and more extended, forming a broader patch on the nape
and tinging more or less strongly and generally much of the top of the
head where there is often no pure unmixed plumbeous or slaty save on
the forehead." (Brewster).
Range--"Pacific coast of United States. Breeds in coast marshes of
California; casual in Washington, Oregon and Lower California."
(A.O.U.)
Page 103. After 266 add: =268. Bristle-thighed Curlew= (_Numenius
tahitiensis_). Somewhat like _N. hudsonicus_, but thighs with long
bristle-like feathers; tail pale rusty, barred with black; markings
of back and wings pale rusty.
Range--"Alaska and Pacific Islands. Breeding range unknown; has been
taken in summer in western Alaska from Kowak River to Kenai Peninsula;
also on Laysan and Phoenix Islands; winters in islands of the South
Pacific from Hawaii to New Caledonia" (A.O.U.). Classed with
Accidental Visitants in first edition of 'Color Key.'
Page 112. Cancel No. 277a, Belted Piping Plover, which proves to be
the same as No. 277, Piping Plover.
Page 117. After No. 297b add: =297c. Sierra Grouse= (_D. o. sierrA|_).
Male resembles male of No. 297, but back less black and more heavily
vermiculated with brown and gray; terminal tail-band narrower and more
speckled with blackish; medium tail-feathers more heavily marked with
gray or brownish; white neck-tufts practically absent; feathers of
sides, flanks and under tail-coverts with less white. Much paler and
more heavily vermiculated above than No. 297b.
Range--Ft. Klamath, Oregon south through the Sierras to Mount Pinos in
South California.
Page 117. The ranges of the races of this bird (now known as Spruce
Partridge, rather than Spruce Grouse) are given in the A.O.U.
'Check-List' as follows:
=298. Hudsonian Spruce Partridge= (_Canachites canadensis
canadensis_).
Range--"Boreal forest region from the eastern base of the Rocky
Mountains west of Edmonton, Alberta, east to Labrador Peninsula; also
a disconnected area in Alaska from Bristol Bay to Cook Inlet and
Prince William Sound."
=298b. Alaska Spruce Partridge= (_C. c. osgoodi_).
Range--"Mt. McKinley and the Yukon region east to Great Slave and
Athabasca lakes."
=298c. Canada Spruce Partridge= (_C. c. canace_).
Range--"Manitoba, southern Ontario, and New Brunswick south to
northern parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, and New
England."
Page 119. After No. 301a add: =301b. Alexander's Ptarmigan= (_L. l.
alexandrA|_). Similar to _L. l. lagopus_ in corresponding plumage, "but
coloration darker throughout, especially dorsally; bill smaller and
relatively much narrower." (Grinnell).
Range--Baranof and adjacent islands west to Shumagin Islands
(A.O.U.).
Page 119. After No. 301b. add; =301c. Ungava Ptarmigan= (_L. l.
ungavus_). Like No. 301 but with a heavier bill. Culmen, .82; depth of
bill at base, .57 (Riley, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXIV, 1911, p. 233).
Range--Ungava and probably the eastern shore of Hudson Bay.
Page 120. Remove the interrogation points from before Nos. 304 and
304a, the distinctions between which there presented having been
accepted by the A.O.U., and amend Range of No. 304a. to read:
"Alpine summits from central Alaska, northern Yukon, and northwestern
Mackenzie south to Cook Inlet region, Kenai Peninsula and southern
Yukon." (A.O.U.).
Page 120. After No. 302e. add: =302f. Dixon's Ptarmigan= (_L. r.
dixoni_). Resembling _L. r. nelsoni_ in corresponding plumage, "but
much darker; in extreme blackness of coloration nearly like _Lagopus
evermanni_, but feathers of chest and back more or less finely
vermiculated with hazel." (Grinnell).
Range--Islands near Sitka.
Page 120. After No. 302d. add: =302e. Adak Ptarmigan= (_L. r.
chamberlaini_). Nearest _L. r. towsendi_ but with finer vermiculations
above, and with black bars on neck and upper back reduced to very
narrow bars or vermiculations. Grayest of the Aleutian Ptarmigan.
(Clark).
Range--Island of Adak, Aleutian Chain.
Page 122. A change here in enumeration makes Merriam's Turkey No. 310,
while the Wild Turkey (_M. g. silvestris_) becomes 310a.
Page 125. After No. 316 add: =316a. Western Mourning Dove= (_Z. m.
marginella_). Similar to _Z. m. carolinensis_ but paler. (Mearns, Auk,
1911, p. 490).
Range--"Pacific Coast and San Clemente Island east to Mississippi
Valley" (A.O.U.). The range of No. 316 should be correspondingly
restricted.
Page 126. After No. 319 add: =319a. White-winged Dove= (_M. a.
trudeaui_). Similar to _M. a. asiatica_ but "slightly larger, with a
much longer bill and much paler coloration" (Mearns, Auk. 1911,
p. 489).
Range--"Lower California, southern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico
and southern Texas, south to Costa Rica. Casual in southeastern
California and Colorado; accidental in Washington" (A.O.U.).
Page 126. No. 319 becomes West Indian White-winged Dove (_Melopelia
asiatica asiatica_). Its Range includes Cuba and Jamaica, and it is
of casual occurrence in the Bahamas and Florida.
Page 132. After No. 337d. add =337e. Alaska Red-tail= (_B. b.
alascensis_). Resembling _B. b. calurus_ "but smaller throughout, and,
keeping in consideration the stage of plumage, dark areas blacker and
more extended." [Male] W. 13.5; T. 7.67; [Female] W. 14.44; T. 8.69
(Grinnell).
Range--"Southeastern Alaska from Yakutat Bay to Admiralty Island and
the Sitka Islands" (A.O.U.).
Page 138. After No. 360b. add: =360c. Little Sparrow Hawk=
(_F. S. paulus_). Similar to No. 360 but smaller. [Male] W. 6.80;
T. 4.12 [Female] W. 6.96; T. 4.00 (Howe).
Range--Southern half of Florida.
Page 140. No. 379 proves to be separable into southern and northern
races. The former retains the name _Glaucidium gnoma gnoma_, while the
race of northern Mexico and Western United States, heretofore known by
that name, becomes _G. g. pinicola_, the Rocky Mountain Pygmy Owl.
(Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXIII, 1910, p. 103).
Page 142. After No. 373h. add: =373i. Sahauro Screech Owl=
(_O. a. gilmani_). Nearest No. 373f but smaller and paler and with
black markings more restricted (Swarth, Univ. Cal. Pub. Zool., VII,
1910, p. 1).
Range--"Lower Sonoran Life zone of southeastern California, Arizona,
and probably New Mexico; and northwestern Mexico" (A.O.U.).
Page 143. After No. 375f. add: =375g. Saint Michael Horned Owl=
(_B. v. algistus_). Similar to No. 375d. but larger; face less
ochraceous, upper surface paler ochraceous. W. 14.60 (Oberholser).
Range--"Coast Region of northern Alaska from Bristol Bay and the Yukon
northward" (A.O.U.).
Page 143. After No. 275e. add: =375f. Labrador Horned Owl=
(_B. v. heterocnemis_). Similar to No. 375c. "but bill larger;
posterior lower parts paler; feet lighter colored and less heavily
spotted; upper parts with usually less ochraceous." (Oberholser).
Range--"Northern Ungava and Labrador" (A.O.U.).
Page 147. After No. 390 add: =390a. Northwestern Belted Kingfisher=
(_C. a. caurina_). Similar to No. 370 "but size greater, especially
measurements of flight-feathers." W. 6.54 (Grinnell, Univ. Calif. Pub.
Zool., V. 1910, p. 388).
Range--Northwestern America, south along the Pacific coast in winter.
Status of California breeding birds still undetermined. (Grinnell,
Univ. Cal. Pub. Zool., V, 1910, p. 289).
Page 150. After No. 393f. add: =393g. Newfoundland Woodpecker=
(_D. v. terrA|norA|_). Similar to _D. V. villosus_, "but slightly larger,
the black areas of the upperparts increased, the white areas reduced
both in number and in size, especially in the remiges and wing-coverts,"
(Batchelder).
Range--Newfoundland.
Page 150. After No. 393e. add: =393h. White-breasted Woodpecker=
(_D. v. leucothorectis_). "Much like No. 393e. but decidedly smaller;
wing-coverts practically always without white spots." W. 4.83;
T. 3.07; B. 1.10 (Oberholser, Proc. U. S. N. M. 40, 1908, p. 608).
Range--"Canadian and Transition Zones, from southern Utah,
northwestern and central New Mexico and extreme southwestern Texas,
south to the mountains of western Zacatecas, Mexico." (A.O.U.).
Page 151. After No. 396a. add: =396b. San Fernando Woodpecker=
(_D. s. eremicus_). Similar to No. 396a, but larger; lower surface
darker; upperparts darker, the white bars on back averaging narrower
and less regular, the neck bars wider; black bars on posterior lower
parts averaging somewhat wider." [Male] W. 4.16; T. 2.67; B. 1.02.
(Oberholser, Proc. U. S. N. M. 41, 1911, P. 151).
Range--Lower California, north of Ukai and Plaia Maria Bay, except
extreme northeastern portion" (A.O.U.). The Range of No. 396a is
thus restricted to the southern half of Lower California.
Page 351. _Dryobates scalaris bairdi_ proves to be restricted to
Mexico; No. 396, its representative in the southwestern United States,
has been named Cactus Woodpecker (_D. s. cactophilus_). (Oberholser,
Proc. U. S. N. M., 41, 1911, p. 152).
Page 154. After No. 414a. add: =414b. Mearns's Gilded Flicker=
(_C. c. mearnsi_). Similar to _C. c. chrysoides_ but decidedly larger
and paler, with pileum more strongly cinnamomeus, black bars on back,
etc., narrower, spots on outer web of primaries more conspicuous
primary coverts also sometimes spotted, gray of throat, etc. lighter,
and spots on underparts usually smaller. W. 5.74; T. 3.77; B. 1.39
(Ridgway).
Range.--"Extreme southwestern California, northern Lower California,
and southern Arizona south to southern Sonora" (A.O.U.). The Range
of No. 414 is now restricted to "southern Lower California," that of
No. 414 to "middle Lower California."
Page 160. After No. 439 add: =391.1 Salvin's Hummingbird= (_Uranomitra
salvini_). Ad. [Male]. Head glittering blue; back dark shining green;
tail dark glossy green, outer pair of feathers broadly tipped with
drab; below soiled white; throat tinged with clayey white, sides of
throat spotted with blue; sides of breast greenish blue; sides of body
brilliant green. W. 2.07; T. 1.27; B. 1.02 (Brewster). Yng [Female].
Similar but duller, rump edged with rusty; sides of body brownish gray
(Bishop).
Range.--"Huachuca Mountains, southern Arizona, and eastern Sonora
(only two specimens known)" (A.O.U.).
Pages 162 and 166. The Waxwings alone now compose the Family
BOMBYCILLIDA† (formerly AMPELIDA†) while the Phainopepla is placed in
the Family PTILOGONATIDA†.
Pages 162 and 169. The subfamily ChamA|inA| is now elevated to full
family rank and stands as Family CHAMA†IDA†, Wren-Tits. It contains
solely the Wren-Tits, (Nos. 742 to 742c) the only family of birds
restricted to North America.
Page 178. After No. 498f. add: =498g. Vera Cruz Red-wing=
(_A. p. richmondi_). Similar to _A. p. floridanus_ but slightly smaller;
adult female much lighter colored (resembling female of _A. p.
sonoriensis_), about intermediate in color between females of
_A. p. floridanus_ and _A. p. bryanti_. [Male] W. 4.40; T. 3.22; B. 90;
depth of B. at base, .44. [Female]. W. 3.61; T. 2.67; B. .77; depth of
B. at base, 39.
Range.--"Southern coast and Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas south
through eastern Mexico to Yucatan and eastern Guatemala; winters south
to eastern Nicaragua and Costa Rica." (A.O.U.).
Page 185. After No. 478d. add: =478e. Coast Jay= (_C. s. carbonacea_).
"Intermediate in size and coloration between _C. s. stelleri_ and
_C. stelleri frontalis_. Dorsal surface sooty black as in _stelleri_,
but with blue on forehead nearly as extended as in _frontalis_. Tint
of blue of posterior lower parts paler than in _=stelleri=_, and
extending further forward into pectoral region as in _frontalis_"
(Grinnell).
Range.--"Breeds in the humid Pacific coast strip from southern Oregon
to the Santa Lucia mountains, California and east to the mountains on
the west side of Napa Valley; in winter east to the Gabilan and Mt.
Diablo ranges" (A. O. U).
Page 192. Cancel No. 530b, United States specimens of which prove to
be merely adults of No. 530. Further west, however, black-backed birds
are not found, and this western bird has been described as new.
(Consequently after No. 530, add: =530a). Green-backed Goldfinch=
(_A. p. hesperophilus_). Similar to _A. p. psaltria_ "but ear-coverts,
sides of neck with back, nape, and rump, in fully adult plumage,
olive-green instead of black" (Oberholser). Fig. 530 represents this
area.
Range.--"Southwestern United States. Breeds from southern Oregon and
Utah to southern Lower California, Sonora and extreme southwestern New
Mexico; winters from central California to Cape San Lucas" (A.O.U.).
The Range of _A. g. psaltria_ is therefore restricted to "northern
Colorado to central northern Texas and south throughout Mexico, except
in northwestern and extreme southern portions; casual in Wyoming."
(A.O.U.).
Page 194. Cancel No. 618d, Northern Yellow-throat, which proves to be
the same as No. 681, Maryland Yellow-throat.
Page 196. After No. 652b. add: =652c. California Yellow Warbler=
(_D. A|. brewsteri_). Differs from _D. A|. A|stiva_ in smaller size,
paler (or less brightly yellow) coloration and, in the male, narrower
streaking on under surface." Differs from _D. A|. rubiginosa_ "in much
smaller size and yellower coloration," and "from _D. A|. sonorana_ in
smaller size and darker coloration." [Male] W. 2.45; T. 1.96. [Female].
W. 2.33; T. 1.93 (Grinnell).
Range.--Pacific Coast, west of the Cascades, and the Sierra Nevada
from Washington to southern California. (The range of _D. A|. A|stiva_
is correspondingly restricted).
Page 210. Cancel No. 464.2, Santa Barbara Flycatcher, which proves to
be the same as No. 464, Western Flycatcher.
Page 211. Cancel No. 472a, Ridgway's Flycatcher, which proves to be
the same as No. 472, Beardless Flycatcher.
Page 212. After No. 632c. add: =632a. Fraser's Vireo= (_V. h.
cognatus_). Similar to _V. h. stephensi_, but wing averaging decidedly
shorter, tarsus longer, and coloration paler. Wing, 2.48; Tar. .74
(Ridgway).
Range.--"Cape San Lucas district of Lower California (Sierra de la
Laguna; Victoria Mountains); resident" (Ridgway).
Page 214. After No. 633a. add: =633b. Texas Vireo= (_V. b. medius_).
"Similar to _V. b. belli_, but coloration paler and tail averaging
longer; pileum and hindneck brownish gray instead of grayish brown;
olive of back, etc. grayer; underparts whiter with olive-yellow of
sides and flanks much paler; under tail-coverts and axillars white,
yellowish white, or very pale sulphur yellow" (Ridgway).
Range.--"Southwestern Texas (Presidio, Brewster and Kinney Counties)
south to Coahuila and Guanajuato, central Mexico" (A.O.U.).
Pages 215, 216. The Wren-Tits have been revised and their ranges more
correctly defined, and to the two forms given two more have been
added. The four races now recognized stand as follows: =742. Wren-Tit=
(_ChamA|a fasciata fasciata_). Characters as described and figured.
Range.--"Upper Sonoran zone on the eastern and southern shores of San
Francisco Bay and adjacent Santa Clara Valley" (A.O.U.).
=742a. Pallid Wren-Tit= (_C. f. henshawi_). Similar to _C. f.
fasciata_, "but decidedly paler, the back, scapulars, rump, etc.
grayish brown (deep hair-brown), the pileum and hindneck brownish
gray (nearly mouse-gray or deep smoke-gray), and general color of
underparts varying from very pale grayish buff to buffy ecru-drab, or
pale, vinaceous-buff, fading to nearly white on lower abdomen"
(Ridgway).
Range.--"Upper Sonoran Zone of foothills and valleys of interior and
southern California from Shasta County south to northern Lower
California, and along the coast from Monterey Bay southward"
(A.O.U.).
=742b. Coast Wren-Tit= (_C. f. phA|a_). Characters as stated on page
216.
Range.--"Humid Transition Zone of Pacific Coast of Oregon and northern
California (from Columbia River to Humboldt Bay)" (A.O.U.).
=742c. Ruddy Wren-Tit= (_C. f. rufula_). Intermediate in color between
No. 742 and No. 742b. More richly colored than the former, but not so
dark as the latter.
Range.--"Humid Transition coast strip of California from southern
Humboldt County to Santa Cruz" (A.O.U.).
Page 217. Cancel No. 710a. Pasadena Thrasher, which proves to be the
same as No. 710 California Thrasher.
Page 223. After No. 542b, add: =542d. Nevada Savannah Sparrow= (_P. s.
nevadensis_). Resembles _P. s. alaudinus_ "but much paler throughout
in all plumages; white replacing buff, black streaks thus more
conspicuously contrasted, there being a minimum amount of hazel
marginings; size slightly less." Differs from _P. s. savanna_ "as
above, but in greater degree" (Grinnell, Univ. Calif. Pub. Zool.
V, 1910, p. 312).