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"292. Sitta canadensis Linn. Red-breastkd Nuthatch ; Red-bellied Nuthatch ; Can- 

 ada Nl'THATCH. 



Head of Red-breasted Nutliateh, nat. size. 



Rare winter resident, regular migrant, but not generally common; rare summer 

 resident in northern part of the State ; breeds. Dr. Braylon notes its occasional 

 breeding and Prof. Evermann thinks it breeds in Carroll County, where he obtained 

 young just able to fly. In Franklin County I have never been able to find it 

 throughout the winter. Generally they are to be found in some numbers in the 

 denser woodland April 30 to May 15. They are more noisy and generally more 

 active than the larger species. Mr. H. W. McBride has taken it as far north as 

 Dekalb County, January 26, 1889. 



Subfamily PARIN.E. Titmice. 

 Genus PARUS Linn.eus. 

 Subgenus Lophophanes Kaup. 

 "293. Parus bioolor ii'iiii. Tufted Titmodse ; "Sugar Bird." 



Head of Tufted Titmouse, nat. size. 



Abundant resident in the southern part of the State, becoming rarer as one pro- 

 ceeds northward until it is unknown as a resident about half way from Indianap- 

 olis to the northern State line. North of its resident range it appears occasionally 

 as a straggler, generally in autumn, spring and winter. Hon. R. Wes. McBride 

 and Mrs. Jane L. Hine both report it as a rare visitor in Dekalb County. Mr. 

 H. K. Coale found a pair in Starke County January 1, 1884. It is a common resi- 

 dent in Carroll County (Evermann) ; breeds. In the collection of Dr. A. W. 

 Brayton is a beautiful albino of this species which is quite interesting. Their oft- 

 repeated note, " Peto-peto," is a characteristic sound about the sugar camps "in 

 sugar time," hence the farmers in many localiiies call it "Sugar Bird." 



