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Subfamily PARING. True Titmice. 

 Genus B^lophUvS Cabanis. 

 339- {73^)- Ba;Iop]ius bicolor (lyinti.). Tufted Titmouse. 



The Tufted Titmouse is a rather rare resident in southern Iowa, 

 seldom reaching the northern part of the state, although it has 

 been occasionally taken in the extreme southern counties of Min- 

 nesota. 



County records: Blackhawk — " Have seen persons who have 

 collected them occasionally in the vicinity of Cedar Falls, Iowa" 

 (Hatch, Birds of Minn., 1892, p. 427); "accidental" (Peck); "one 

 specimen in May, 1900; in I. S. N. S. museum" (Walters). De- 

 catur-Mahaska — "resident throughout the year; abundant" 

 (Trippe, Proc. Bost. Soc, xv, 1873, p. 236). Johnson — Two spec- 

 imens in Bond collection, taken at Iowa City. Delaware — " not 

 common; seen only in woods" (Rann). Lee — "common resident; 

 breeds" (Currier, Praeger). Linn — ".spring migrant" (Bailey); 

 " rare summer resident " (Berry). Poweshiek — " I found it once, 

 October 14, 1886, and this is the only Grinnell record " (L. Jones). 

 Van Buren — "rare resident" (W. G. Savage). Warren — "resi- 

 dent; common in certain localities" (Jeffrey). "Tabor, Iowa, 

 noticed rarely in winter" (J. E. Todd, Am. Nat., xiv, 1880, p. 602). 



Genus Paru.s Linnaeus. 



Subgenus Parus Linnaeus. 



340. (735). Pariis atricapilhis Linn. Chickadee. 



The Black-capped Chickadee is reported as a familiar and 

 abundant resident throughout the state, although in the western 

 parts of the state it is largely replaced by the Long-tailed Chicka- 

 dee. The two forms are so much alike that, without more mate- 

 rial at hand, it is impossible to limit the ranges of the two in the 

 state. "In extreme eastern Nebraska an occasional Chickadee is 

 found nearer to atricapilhis than the following form, but such are 

 not plentiful, and most of the eastern Nebraska birds are inter- 

 mediate" (Rev. Birds Neb., p. 112). During winter months the 

 Chickadees come regularlj^ into towns in search of food, but in 

 spring and summer they retire to woodlands. The nest is exca- 

 vated in a decayed post or dead stub, usually only a few feet from 

 the ground, and six or seven eggs are laid the last of April or first 



