§ EGG CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
37, Black-crested Titmouse — LOPHOPHANES ATROCRISTATUS. Clear 
white, with spots and blotches of reddish-brown, forming a confluent ring 
at the large end; four; .76 by .59. Nests in natural cavities of hollow 
limbs. Se oh 
40.- Mountain Chickadee—parRus MONTANUS. Pure white, Some are 
marked with spots of reddish-brown; five; .63 by .49. Nests in holes of 
decayed trees. PSG 
41. Black-capped Chickadee—PARrus ATRICAPILLUS. . White with rosy 
blush, speckled all over, but most thickly at the larger end, with reddish- 
brown spots; five or six; .58 by .47. Nests in holes and decayed stumps 
of trees. E. N. A, 
41a. Long tailed Chickadee—parus ATRICAPILLUS SEPTENTRIONALIS. 
Dull-white, uniformly covered with fine markings and small blotches of 
red and reddish-brown, with few dots of purplish; five to eight; .60 by 
.50. Nests in decayed stumps and hollow trees. W..U. S. 
42. Carolina Chickadee—PARUS CAROLINENSIS. | Pure white, uniformly 
sprinkled with blotches of reddish-brown; five to scven; .60 by .50. 
Nests in holes of decayed stumps and hollow trees. S. Mess 
45. Hudsonian Chickadee—rarus HupsoNicus. White, marked with 
reddish-brown spots, forming a ring around the larger end; .56 by .47. 
Nests in hollow stumps of trees. N..E. N. A.’ 
47. Least: Tit—psALTRIPARUS MINIMUS. Pure white; five to nine; .55 
by .43. Nests placed in the*branches of small trees. We vst 
50. Yellow-headed. Tit—auRIPARUS FLAVICEPS. Pale blue, with nu- 
merous small brown spots, chiefly near the larger end; four; .60 by .44. 
Nests built in trees. : W. U.S. 
51. White-bellied Nuthatch—siTTA CAROLINENSIS. Roseate tinge, cov- 
ered with spots of reddish-brown, with a slight tinge of purple; four; .80 
by .62. Nests in hollows of decayed trees. Ed Opcicr 
5la. Slender-billed Nuthatch—siTTA CAROLINENSIS ACULEATA. Creamy 
white, speckled and blotched with reddish brown, sometimes over the 
whole surface but chiefly at the larger end; five or six; .78 by .62. Nests 
in holes of trees. - P. C. to Rocky Mee 
52. . Red-bellied Nuthatch—sitra CANADENSIS. oseate tinge, thickly 
covered with spots of reddish; four to six; .60 by .48. Nests in dead 
stumps of trees. Ae ae 
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