AVES. 213 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



PARIDAE. 



387. Baeolopiius bicolor (Linne) Cabanis. 

 Tufted titmouse. 



Parus bicolor Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1700, vol. 1, p. 340. 

 "in America septentrionali." Audubon, Birds of Amer., 

 1841, vol. 2, p. 143, pi. 125. 



Woodlands generally; nests in holes of trees and stumps. 



Me. — Accidental visitor: near Orono. 

 N. H., Vt. — Doubtfully recorded. 



Conn.— Rare visitor: near Hartford; Lyme, Feb. 27, 1872, 

 Jan. 1874; New Haven (Linsley). 



388. Penthestes atricapillus (Linne) Ridgway. 

 Chickadee; Black-capped chickadee or titmouse. 



Pants atricapillus Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1766, vol. 1, p. 341. 

 "Canada." Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1841, vol. 2, p. 146, pi. 

 126. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 2, figs. 4, 5. 



Tree growth generally; nests near water in low dead stumps. 



Me. — Common resident. Eggs, May 10-June 18. 



N. H. — Common resident, breeding below 3000 ft. 



Vt. — Common resident. Eggs, May 10. 



Mass. — Common winter and less common summer resident. 

 Eggs, May 4— June 25. 



R. I. — Common winter and less common summer resident. 

 Eggs, May 9-18. 



Conn. — Common resident. Eggs, May 10-June 4. 



389. Penthestes hudsonicts (Forster) Ridgway. 



Hudsonian chickadee. 



Parus hudsonicus Forst., Phil, trans, roy. soc. London, 1772, 

 vol. 62, pp. 408, 430. "Severn River. . . .ad Sinum Hudsonis." 

 Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1841, vol. 2, p. 155, pi. 128. Egg, 

 Capen, 1886, pi. 2, figs. 6, 7. 



