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STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BULLETLXS. 



Arbor" (Dr. J. B. Steere); '-does not breed at Plymouth" (J. B. Purdy); "very 

 common at Iron Mountain in the Upper Peninsula " (E. E. Brewster); " taken 

 at Palmer September 11, 1893 " (O. B. Warren); " usually a rare migrant in 

 Wayne Co., but in the spring of 1889 they were abundant, and not a rare 

 summer resident on Keweenaw Point " (E. W. Durfee); '■ Keweenaw Point " (Knee- 



Ked-bellied Nuthatch, natural size. 



land); " abundant at Mackinac Island, and occurs in winter in vast tlocks, in 

 Upper Peninsula, in Iron Co." (S. E. White); "breeds'* (Dr. M. Gibbs); nests 

 and eggs as in the preceding species except that the eggs are slightly smaller; 

 we tind this more rare here than the preceding species. 



Subfamily PARES ^. Titmice. 



Genus P.\RDS Linn. 



324-731-(40). Panis bicolor (Linn.). * Tufted Titmouse; Suciar Bird; Black- 

 fronted Titmouse. 



Common in more southern parts of the state; winter; occasional in April and 

 May and September; "is regular winter resident at Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. B. Steere); 

 "common in Lenawee and Hillsdale Counties" (A. H. Boies); "took specimens 

 in August, 1891. at Port Sanilac " (W. A. Oldtield); '■ every year in Monroe Co. 

 often until late May" (Jerome Trombley); "Benjamin Syke found this abundantly 



Tufted Titmouse, natural size. 



in Van Buren Co. one year" (Dr. M. Gibbs); -only taken once at Plymouth" 

 (J. B. Purdy); "rarely fountl north of 40 degrees" (H. Nehrling); " summer resi- 

 dent in northern counties of Indiana " (Butler); Dr. Atkins reports taking this 

 in April and May at Locke; we have taken it at this place; two specimens 

 taken by Stewart F.. White in Kent Co. in .Tune. 1891; these valuable birds 



