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Parus bicolor (731). Tufted Titmouse. 



Common resident. On April 10 (^92) a nest was ready for 

 eggs, and on August 4 ('94) young not long out of the nest, 

 keeping in a close bunch and still being fed, were seen. Sets 

 are 1 of 5 and 1 of 8. "Their notes are heard loudest on 

 clear winter days, and at Hagerstown they are locally called 

 'Storm Bird'" (Small). On Dan's Mountain I noted single 

 birds on June 11 and 12, '95. 



Parus atricapillus (735). Chickadee. 



Irregular winter visitant, sometimes common in cold seasons 

 ('92-3 for instance), when the majority of the following species 

 leave us. Noted from October 15 ('92; '93) to March 21 ('95). 



"Mr. Henry Marshall has taken it at Laurel" (A. C, 37). 

 "This bird was very abundant about Washington during 

 March and April, '85. . . . Owing probably to the severe 

 winter they were driven south, returning about the middle of 

 March ; the first specimens were taken March 15, and others 

 were taken every week until April 19, when 6 were shot and 

 many others seen. The weather during April was fine and 

 warm, and the birds were singing and apparently quite at home. 

 But few P. carolinensis were seen until the last week of April, 

 showing that they too had been driven much further south " 

 (Wm. Palmer, Auk, ii, 304). Noted at Hagerstown as "com- 

 mon during the winter of '80-81"; none, however, were seen 

 the previous or the two succeding seasons (Small). 



Parus carolinensis (736). Carolina Chickadee. 



Common resident. On April 23 ('93) a nest held 2 fresh 

 eggs, and on July 23 ('93) young, not long out of the nest, were 

 seen. Sets are 2 of 2, 1 of 3, 2 of 4, 1 of 5, 1 of 6, and 

 2 of 7. 



At Hagerstown "resident, but scarce in summer" (Small). 

 On Dan's Mountain, June 6, '95, young were in the nest of the 

 only pair seen. 



