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KEY AND DESCRIPTION 



the bird will approach closely, or even alight on a person. 

 (Black-capi)ed Chickadee.) 



Length, 5| ; wing, 2^ (2|-2|) ; tail, 2\ ; tarsus, | ; culmen, |. Eastern 

 North America north of the Potomac and Ohio valleys to Labrador ; it 

 migrates a little beyond its breeding range. 



6. Carolina Chickadee (736. Pd.rus carol in^nsis). — A bird 

 similar to the last, but smaller, and with the greater wing 



coverts not margined with 



white. Though the notes of 



this species are somewhat 



different from those of the 



^^^^ last, this difference is not so 



^^^^K^^^*«^~ uniform as to vender the 



^^^^^^■^^te» printed form of much use to 



the beginner. It also calls 



I I itself a i'hickddee, though 



not so plainly. (Southern 

 Carolina Chickadee Chickadee.) 



Lengtii, 4\ ; wing, 2\ (2J-2J) ; tail, 2] ; tarsus, I ; culmen, y^.. South- 

 eastern States north to 

 New Jer-sey and Illinois, 

 and west to Missouri and 

 Texas ; practically breed- 

 ing throughout. 



7. Hudsonian Chick- 

 adee (740. /'()i-iis Iii((J- 

 s6nicus). — A small. 

 brovvnish-ashy-backed 

 bird, with grayish 

 crown, wings, and tail, 

 a distinct black throat 

 patch, and brownish 

 sides. The rest of the 

 bird is white. This 

 northern chickadee has also peculiar notes, which need to be 

 heard to be understood. 



Hndsonian Chickadee 



