334 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



SUBGENUS PARUS LINNAEUS. 



Pants LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 189. Type, by elimination, P. 

 major LINN. 



735. Parus atricapillus LINN. 



Chickadee. 



Parus atricapillus LINN. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 341. 

 [B 290, C 31, R 41, C 44.] 



HAB. Eastern North America, north of the Potomac and Ohio 



Valleys. 



735 a. Parus atricapillus septentrionalis (HARRIS). 



Long-tailed Chickadee. 



Parus septentrionalis HARRIS, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1845, 300. 

 Parus atricapillus var. septentrionalis ALLEN, Bull. M. C. Z. III. 

 1872, 174. 



[B 289, 289 a, C 31 a, R 41 a, C 45.] 



HAB. Rocky Mountain Plateau region, east to Manitoba and the 

 Plains. 



735 b. Parus atricapillus occidentalis (BAIRD). 

 Oregon Chickadee. 



Parus occidentalis BAIRD, B. N. Am. 1858, 391. 



Partis atricapillus var. occidentalis COUES, Key, 1872, 8r. 



[B 291, C 31 r, R 4i0, C 46.] 



HAB. Pacific coast region of North America, from Northern Cali- 

 fornia northward. 



73G. Parus carolinsnsis Aim. 



Carolina Chickadee. 



Parus carolinensis AUD. Orn. Biog. II. 1834, 474, pi. 160. 

 [B2 93 , C 3 i, R 4 2, 47.] 



HAB. Southeastern States, north to New Jersey and Illinois, west 

 to Missouri, the Indian Territory, and Eastern Texas. 



