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Cliii-kndee are common residents in the soutliern counties, but the 

 last two flo not lanire north of the Carolinian Fauna. 



Noi-tli of this belt the Black-capijcd Chickadee is a common resi- 

 dent. Of the two remaininijj species tlie Red-breasted Nuthatch is 

 an irregular transient, and the Brown-headed Nuthatch an accidental 



555. Sltta carolinensis Lath. White-breasted Nut- 

 hatch. 



Breeding Range — Throughout eistcru N. A. 

 WiNTEii Distribution — About the same. 



Common resident, though most [)lentiful in the thickly settled re- 

 fjions dminji; the miurations and in winter. 



556*. Sitta canadensis Linn. Red-breasted Nuthatch. 



Breeding Range — Mainly north of U. H. 



Winter Distribution — Mainly south of the Middle States. 



Transient and very erratic, being ai)undant some years and rare in 

 others; never common in spring. Occurs generally about JNIay 15, 

 and Septeml)er 10-October lo. 



In southern New Jersey it frequently winters in small numbers. 



[557.] Sitta j)iisilla Lath. Brown-headed Nuthatch. 



Breeding Range — Atlantic and Gulf States to lower Chesapeake Bay. 

 Winter Distribution — About the same. 



Rare straggler, several have been seen at rare intervals in tlie 

 soutliern counties of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and one was 

 secured by iMr. C. D. Wood, near Phihuhlpiiia in the fall about 1885 

 ( Warren'' s Repurt). 



338, Parusl)icoloi'L\yi Tufted Titmouse. Crested Tit. 



Brkeding Range — Eastern U. S. Soutli of the uj)per border of the 



Carolinian Fauna. 

 Winter Distribution — The same. 



Common resident at Pliiladelphia and thronghout the district 

 covered Ity the Carolinian Fauna. Farther iiuriii it occurs only as ii 



