BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 415 



Panis hxuhimiciis columhiamis Rhoads, Auk, x, Jan., 1893, 28 (Field, I'lilisli 

 Coliiinbia; coll. B. N. Rhoads), 331 (Field, F:agle Pass, and Toad Mt., Brit- 

 ish Columbia; St. Marys Lakes, n. Montana; crit., etc.). — American Okxi- 

 TiioKoGisTs' Union, Check List, 2d ed., 1895, no. 740/^. — Ridoway, Man. N. 

 Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, 611.— Buooks, Auk, xvii, 1900, 107 (e. liritish 

 Columbia, \v. to Nic-ola).— Chapman, Bull. Am. Mns. X. TL. xvi, 1902, 244, 

 245 (Homer, Cook Inlet, Alaska, to British Columbia; crit.; diairnosis). — 

 Bailey (Florence M.) Handb. Birds W. U. S., 1902, 459. 



P[arH.s] {Pocclle) JiiKhoiiiciiK robnnhlann^i Hei.lmayr, Tierroit-li, IS Liel'., Mar., 

 1903, 72. 



I'arux JuuIsuhIcus (not of Forster) Osgood, North Am. Fauna, n<>. 21, 1901, 80 

 (Tyonek, Hope, Fort Kenai, etc., Cook Inlet, Alaska: crit.). 



PENTHESTES HUDSONICUS LITTORALIS ^Bryant). 

 ACADIAN CHICKADEE. 



Similar to J\ //. /nid.s(//tic>Ms, hut sniaUcr and with the u[)pcr i)art8 

 sliohtly browner. 



Adult male.— Length (skins), ilL-i2l> (122.5); wino-, 58.5-06.5 (()8.9); 

 tail, 54.5-64.5 (60.6); culmen, 8-i» (8.6); tarsus, 15.5-17.5 (16.1)); mid- 

 dle toe, 8.5-9.5 (9.2).« 



Adult fewale.—ljeno;th (skins), 11T.5-12T (122.1); wing-. 59-63 

 (60.8); tail, 56-61.5 (59.1); culmen, 8.5-9.5 (8.7); tarsus. 16-17 (16.4); 

 middle toe, 8.5-9 (8.8).* 



Southeastern British Provinces (southern Labrador, (Quebec, New 

 Brunswick, Nova Scotia, etc.) and extreme northeastern United 

 States, Maine, mountains of New Hampshire, Vermont, and northeast- 

 ern New York (Lewis County); casualh' or iri-egularlv southward to 

 Massachusetts (numerous records), Rhode Island (near Providence), 

 and Connecticut (New Haven). 



P(trns huihonicMs (not of Forster) Audubon, (Jrn. Biog., ii, 1834, 534, i)art, pi. 

 194; Synopsis, 1839, 79^ part; Birds Am., oct. ed., ii, 1841, 155, part, pi. 128.— 

 Cassin, Illustr. Birds, Cal., Tex., etc., 1853, 18, part. — Baird, Rep. Pacific 

 R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 395, part; Review Am. Birds, 1864, 82, part (Nova 

 Scotia).— CouES, Check List, 1873, no. 33, part; 2d ed., 1882, no. 49, part.— 

 Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 105, part, pi. 

 7, fig. 7. — Brewster, Am. Nat., vi, 1872, 306" (Concord, ^fassachusetts, 1 

 spec, Oct. 30, 1870); Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, 1878, 20 (descr. young); vi, 

 1881, 54 (Concord, Massachusetts, 1 spec, Oct. 7, 1880).— Merriam, Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, i, 1876, 52 (New Haven, Connecticut, 1 spec, Nov. 13, 

 1875); vi, 1881, 226 (Lewis Co., n. e. New York; breeding?). — Brewer. 

 Proc. Best. See; N. H., xix, 1878, 302 (New England records).— Spelman, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vi, 1881, 114 (Cambridge, :Massachusett.«, 1 spec, 

 Dec 31, 1880).— Jexcks, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vi, 1881, 54 (near Provi- 

 dence, Rhode Island, 1 spec, Nov. 1, 1880). — Chamberlain, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, viii, 1883, 10 (Kdmundston and St. John, New Brunswick, 

 breedhig); Canad. Nat., iii. 215-217 (biography); Auk, iv, 1887, 261 (St. 



"Twelve specimens. ''Ten specimi'iis. 



