,000 feet.

704. =Catbird.= GALEOSCOPTES CAROLINENSIS. Common summer resident; from
plains to 8,000 feet.

705. =Brown thrasher.= HARPORHYNCHUS RUFUS. Not uncommon as summer
resident; almost restricted to the plains.

708. =Bendire's thrasher.= HARPORHYNCHUS BENDIREI. Summer resident; rare
and local; south central part of State.

715. =Rock wren.= SALPINCTES OBSOLETUS. Common summer resident; breeds
from plains to 12,000 feet.

717a. =Canyon wren.= CATHERPES MEXICANUS CONSPERSUS. Rare resident; one
nest recorded.

719b. =Baird's wren.= THRYOMANES BEWICKII LEUCOGASTER. Rare summer
resident.

721b. =Western house wren.= TROGLODYTES AEDON AZTECUS. Common summer
resident; from plains to 10,000 feet; raises two broods, sometimes
three.

722. =Winter wren.= ANORTHURA HIEMALIS. Rare resident; no nest found.

725a. =Tule wren.= CISTOTHORUS PALUDICOLA. Summer resident; not
uncommon; breeds from plains to 8,000 feet; some remain all winter in
hot-water swamps.

725c. =Western marsh wren.= CISTOTHORUS PALUSTRIS PLESIUS. Summer
resident; not uncommon locally.

726b. =Rocky Mountain creeper.= CERTHIA FAMILIARIS MONTANA. Common
resident; in breeding season confined to the immediate vicinity of
timber-line, where some remain the year round.

727. =White-breasted nuthatch.= SITTA CAROLINENSIS. Resident; not
common.

727a. =Slender-billed nuthatch.= SITTA CAROLINENSIS ACULEATA. Common
resident; western form; commonly breeds from 7,500 feet to timber-line.

728. =Red-breasted nuthatch.= SITTA CANADENSIS. Not uncommon resident;
migrant on the plains; resident in the mountains to about 8,000 feet,
sometimes 10,000.

730. =Pigmy nuthatch.= SITTA PYGMAEA. Abundant resident; mountain bird;
makes scarcely any migration; most common from 7,000 to 10,000 feet.

733a. =Gray titmouse.= PARUS INORNATUS GRISEUS. Resident; not common;
southern species, coming to eastern foothills.

735a. =Long-tailed chickadee.= PARUS ATRICAPILLUS SEPTENTRIONALIS. Not
uncommon resident; winters on plains and in foothills; breeds from 7,000
to 10,000 feet; sometimes on plains.

738. =Mountain chickadee.= PARUS GAMBELI. Abundant resident; nests from
8,000 feet to timber-line; ranges in the fall to the tops of the
loftiest peaks.

744. =Lead-colored bush-tit.= PSALTRIPARUS PLUMBEUS. Resident; not
common; western species, coming to eastern foothills.

748. =Golden-crowned kinglet.= REGULUS SATRAPA. Rare summer resident;
rather common in migrat