148 EGGS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS, 



733J, Ashy Titmouse, Parus inornatus cineraceus. Eggs 

 probably do not differ from those of No. 733. Breeds in 

 Lower California. 



734. Bridled Titmouse, Pants wollweberi. Eggs, iinde- 

 scribed. Breeds in Western Texas, Southern New Mexico, 

 Southern Arizona, and southward. 



735. Chickadee, Pants atricapillus. (Type, Plate X.) 

 Eggs, 5 to 7, oval, white, spotted and dotted with reddish 

 brown, usually a little more thickly on the larger end ; .45 -\- 

 .60 to .50 -{- .65 Nests placed in holes, composed of soft 

 mosses and hair felted together. Breeds in Eastern North 

 America, north of the Potomac and Ohio Valleys, in May. 



735a. Long-tailed Chickadee, Parus atricapillus septen- 

 trionalis. Eggs, indistinguishable from those of No. 735. 

 Breeds in the Rocky Mountain plateau region, east to Mani- 

 toba and the plains, in May. 



735Z>. Oregon Chickadee, Parus atricapillus occidentalis. 

 Eggs, indistinguishable from those of No. 735. Breeds in the 

 Pacific coast region of North America, from Northern Cali- 

 fornia northward. 



736. Carolina Chickadee, Parus carolinensis. Eggs, 5 

 to 8, indistinguishable from those of No. 735, but average a 

 little smaller. Breeds in the Southeastern States, north to 

 Pennsylvania and Illinois, west to Missouri, the Indian Terri- 

 tory, and Eastern Texas, in April and May. 



736a. Plumbeous Chickadee, Pariis carolinensis agilis. 

 Eggs, probably similar to those of No. 736. Breeds in East- 

 ern and Central Texas. Described by Sennett in the " Auk " 

 for January, 1888. 



737. Mexican Chickadee, Parus meridionalis. Eggs, 

 undescribed. Breeds in Mexico, north to Southern Arizona. 



738. Mountain Chickadee, Parus gamheli. Eggs, 5 to 7, 

 oval, white, often unspotted, but sometimes dotted more or 

 less with reddish ; .48 -\- .58 to .49 -(- .64. Nests placed in 

 holes, composed of hair and fur, lined with soft moss. Breeds 



