P.N.E.Z.C. 
BANGS — FLORIDA CHICKADEE Ne ae 
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MEASUREMENTS (in millimeters). 
Parus carolinensis impiger Bangs. 
Sex Exposed 
No. and age Wing Tail Tarsus culmen 
11,855 (topotype) & ad. Bey 46.5 14.6 7.8 
11,854 (type) 2 ad. Gite 44.0 14.4 26 
Parus carolinensis carolinensis Aud. 
Sex Exposed 
No. and age Locality Wing Tail Tarsus culmen 
365 dad. W. Va. (Union) 58.5 49.5 16.0 8.8 
12,188 fad. N.C. (Statesville) 61.0 50.5 15.6 8.2 
308 Qad. N.C. (Statesville) 61.0 50.0 15.8 8.6 
BO meade N. C. (Smithville) 57-0 47.0 15.8 8.2 
11,802 Qad._ S.C. (Mt. Pleasant) 58.0 48.5 jie 8.4 
3253 dG ad. Ga. (Cumberland Isd.) = 57.5 49.0 152 8.6 
3254 Gad. Ga. (Barrington) 59-0 49.0 16.0 8.4 
Remarks. — All the specimens taken by Mr, Maynard in the 
spring of 1901 were equally small, and all were in worn breeding 
plumage. In this stage of plumage the Carolina chickadee loses 
almost entirely the buffy wash on the sides, the under parts 
appearing nearly uniform, dull, grayish white. The Florida form 
does not appear to differ in color from true P. carolinensis other- 
wise than in the general tone of the gray of the back, which is 
decidedly more brownish—less pure gray. Its very much 
smaller size — a really very great difference in such tiny birds — 
is its chief character and alone would entitle it to stand as an 
easily recognizable subspecies. 
