30 NESTS AND EGGS OF N. A. BIRDS. 



have been previously dug out by the Picus pubescens, or in decay- 

 ing stumps not more than five or six feet from the grouud. He 

 never met with its nest in living trees. The eggs are from five to 

 seven in number, and are usually deposited in Georgia from, the 

 loth to the last of April. 



The eggs of this species are slightly larger than those of the 

 atricapillus, and the reddish-brown blotches with which they are 

 profusely covered are much more distinctly marked. They are of 

 a spheroidal oval in shape, have a pure white ground, very uni- 

 formly and generally sprinkled with blotches of a reddish-brown. 

 They measure .60 by .50 of an inch." — Baird, Brewer and Ridg- 

 way's N. a. Birds, vol. i, pp. 102, 103, 104. 



43. PARUS MERIDIONALIS. 



MEXICAN CHICKADEE. 



44. PARUS CINCTUS. 



SIBERIAN CHICKADEE. 



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45. PARUS HUDSONICUS. 



HUDSONIAN CHICKADEE. 



"This interesting species, one of the liveliest and most animated 

 of its family, belongs to the northern and eastern sections of 

 North America. It is found in the eastern and northern portions 

 of Maine, and probably also in the northern parts of New York, 

 Vermont, and New Hampshire. ■••*"■'• 



Mr. Audubon found a nest of this Titmouse in Labrador. It 

 was built in a decayed stump about three feet from the ground, 

 was purse-shaped, eight inches in depth, two in diameter, and its 

 sides an inch thick. It was entirely composed of the finest fur of 

 various quadrupeds, chiefly of the northern hare, and all so thick- 

 ly and ingeniously matted throughout as to seem as if felted by the 

 hand of man. It was wider at the bottom than at the top. "*■••"* 



The eggs of this species measure .56 by .47 of an inch, and are 

 of a rounded oval shape, and with a white ground are somewhat 

 sparingly marked with a few reddish-brown spots. These are 

 usually grouped in a ring around the larger end." — Baird, Brew- 

 er AND Ridgway's N. a. Birds, vol. i,pp. 105, 107. 



