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ZOOLOGY— BIKDS. 



llKNSiiAW, K('|). Orn. Specs., ISTl.', Wbeek-i's E.xpeil., 1874, 7.— Hknsiiaw, 

 Kep. Orii. Spot's., 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 1871, 72, 'J').— CoUES, U.S. Geol. 

 Surv. Terr., Birds Northwest, 1874, 22. 

 Pucilc montanux, Coi'KS, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliihi., ISCG, 70. 



A coniiuoii iulialiitant of tlie deep i)ine woods, wliere, diiriiiji' the l»reed- 



iiiij season, it is chietiy confined. A very active and persistent insect hnnter, 



exi)lorin<i- every crack and crevice beneath the rough bark for the liidden 



hirvjv, Avhicli are instantl\- (h'agg'ed fortli, and, after being vigorously liani- 



niered on some liorizontal Hmb and reduced to a shapeless mass, are eagerly 



swallowed. Its habits are esscntiallv like those of its congeners. 



\ PARUS ATRIOAPILLUS, L., var. SEPTENTRIONAL IS, Uarris. 

 Loiig:-tailed Chickadee. 



Varm scptentrinnalis, Hauui-s, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., ii, 1845, 300. — Bn., Stans. 

 Kep. llx]). Great Salt Lake, 1852, Mii.— Id., Birds N. A., 18.-)8,38i>.— IlAVD., 

 Trans. IMiilo. Soc, .\ii, 18(52, 104.— Bd., Birds N. A., i, IStil, 7!).— Stev., U." 

 S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1870, 404. — Snow, Birds Kan., 1872, 0. — AlKE.N, Proc. 

 Best. Soc. Nat. Hist., xv, 1872, 195. 



I'tintu tttricapilltixF, Newh., P. K. R. Rep., vi, 1857, 79 (California; Oregon). 



J'anis KC]>tentri()nulix var. alhcscciis, Bn., Birds N. A., 1858, pi. xxxvii. 



I'antx lUriaipillun var. xriilviitrioiidlin, CoUES, Key N. A. J'.irds, 1872, 81. — ALLEN, Bill. 

 Mn.-^. Comp. Zodl., iii, 1872, 174 (Kaii.sas ; Colorado; Utali). — Vaurow iS: 

 Hensiiaw, l\ei). Orn. Specs., 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 7.— Mensuaw, 



