122 DESCRIPTION OF PARUS MONTANUS 



iuto a rotten stump uear the roadside in Brookline. The 

 stump was so much decayed that its top was readily broken oft" 

 and the nest exposed. The mother refused to leave until forci- 

 bly' taken oft' by the hand, and twice returned to tlie nest when 

 thus removed, and it was only by holding her in the hand that 

 an opportunity was given to ascertain there were seven young 

 birds in her nest. She made no complaints, uttered no outcries, 

 but resolutely and devotedly thrust herself between her nest- 

 lings and the seeming danger. When released she immediately 

 flew back to them, covered them under her sheltering wings, 

 and looked up in the face of her tormentors with a quiet and 

 resolute courage that could not be surpassed." 



i^Ioiiiilaiii Chickadee 



Parus montaiins 



Parus montanus, Gamb. Pr. Phila. Acad. i. 1843. 259 CSanta Fe, N. Mcx.); iii. ISlfi, 155; 

 Journ. Phila. Acad. 2d ser. i. 1847, 35, pi. 8, f. l.—Oass. 111. i. 1853, 18. — Jl'ooflh. Sitgr. 

 Rep. Expl. Zufii, 1853, 68.— Newh. PRllR. vi. 1857, 7<i.—Bd. BNA. 1858, 394 (Oregon ; 

 Nebraska; Texas).— XareJ. Pr. Phila. Acad. 1859, 191 (Port Tejon, Gal.). -Heem. PRRR. 

 X. 1859, i^.— Henry, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1859, 101.— Coop. ,\ Suck. NHWT. 1860, 194.— Brf. 

 Ives's Rep. Col. R. 1861, pt. vi. 6.— Bo!. Rev. AB. 1864, 82.— Oojics, Pr. Phila. Acad, 

 xviii. 1866, 79.— Coo;;. Am. Nat. iii. 1869, 75 (Montana).— Coop. B. Cal. i. 1870, 46, fig.— 

 Slev. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr, for 1870, 1871, AQi. — Aiken. Pr. Bost. Soc. xv. 1872, 195 (Col- 

 orado).— Co«e.t, Key, 1872, 8)-.- Allen, Bull. MCZ. iii. 1872, Mi.—Merr.V. S. Gaol. Surv. 

 Terr, for 1872, 1873, 672, 712, ~\2.—I{>dgti\ Bull. Ess. Inst. v. 1873, 179.— Farr. S,- Hensh. 

 Rep. Orn. Specs. 1874, l. — Hensh. Rep. Orn. Specs. 1874, 40, 72, 99.— Coo;?. Am. Nat. 

 viii. 1874, 17.— C'o(;es, BNW. 1874, 22, 230.— B. B. 6,- R. NAB. i. 1874, 95, fig. pi. 7. f. 5.— 

 Hcnsh. Zool. Expl. W. 100 Merid. 1876, 169. 



Pflecile moiltanus, Coues. Pr. Phila. Acad, xviii. 1866, 79 (Arizona). 



Mountain Chickadee, White-browed Chickadee, Vuig^. 



Hab. — Uuiteil States, from eastern slopes and foothills of tbe Rocky Mount- 

 ains to the Paciiic. In southeiiy portions, chiefly alpine districts. 



Ch. sp. — $ S Cinereus, infra cinereo-albus; nlis cauddque cine- 

 reo-fuscis, alhklo-limhatis; lateribus caxntis et colli albidis; pileo, 

 nucha giildque nlgris, strigd superciliari alhd. 



(? 9 : Upper parts ashy-gray, with scarcely a shade, and only ou the rump, 

 of the ochraceous seen iu most of the other species ; under parts similarly 

 grayish- white, without an ochrey tinge, the middle of the belly nearly white, 

 the rest more heavily shaded. Wings and tail with comparatively little 

 whitish edging — the tail at least, with no more than that of P. carolinexsis. 

 Sides of the head and neck white ; top of the head, and the throat, black. 

 A conspicuous white superciliary stripe in the black cap, usually connecting 

 with its fellow across the forehead. Length about 5 inches ; wing, 2^-21 ; 

 tail, rather less; bill, |; tarsus, |. 



