126 BIRDS OF MAINE. 



Couuty Records. — Audroscoggin, "rare summer resident" (Johnson) ; 

 Aroostook, (Batchelder, Bull. Nutt. Orn, Club, Vol. 7, p. 109) ; Cumber- 

 land, "common winter migrant" (Mead).; Franklin, "common resident'' 

 (Kicliards) ; Hancock, "breeds on the wooded islands of Penobscot Ba}^ 

 and also common inland" (Knight) ; Kennebec, "quite common summer 

 resident" (Gardiner Branch) ; Knox, "resident" (Rackliff) ; Oxford, 

 "common resident, breeds" (Nash) ; Penobscot, "resident, breeds com- 

 monly" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, "common summer resident" (Homer) ; 

 Sagadahoc, "common winter resident, one pair remained one summer" 

 (Spinney) ; Somerset, "common, not common summer resident" (Mor- 

 rell) ; Waldo, (Spratt) ; Washington, "abundant, breeds" (Boardman) ; 

 York, "quite common resident" (Adams). 



Subfamily PARING. Titmice. 



Genus PARUS Linnaeus. 



Subgenus PARUS Linnteus. 



305. (735.) Parus atricapillus iym». Chickadee. 



One of our commonest resident species, occurring everywhere. 



This confiding, curiosity loving bird pronounces its name very 

 plainly upon every occasion, so there is no need of its going uniden- 

 tified, even by the merest tyro. I have often while in the woods 

 drawn a small band of these birds to within a few feet of me by 

 imitating their call, or by making a whistling or squeaking noise. 

 In addition to their cry of "chick-a-dee-dee" they utter a great 

 variety of chirps and whistles. In the spring time their mating 

 call is a sweet, whistled succession of two or three notes which 

 cannot readily be put on paper. 



County Records. — Androscoggin, "abundant resident" (Johnson) ; 

 Aroostook, "Fort Fairfield and Houlton" (Batchelder, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Club, Vol. 7, p. 109) ; Cumberland, "common resident" (Mead) ; Frank- 

 lin, common resident" (Swain) ; Hancock, "common resident, especially 

 common on the wooded islands" (Knight) ; Kennebec, "abundant resi- 

 dent" (Gardiner Branch) ; Knox, "resident" (Rackliflt) ; Oxford, "breeds 

 commonly" (Nash) ; Penobscot, "common resident" (Knight) ; Piscata- 

 quis, "common resident" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "common resident" 

 (Spinnej') ; Somerset, "common resident" (Morrell) ; AValdo, "common 

 resident" (Knight) ; Washington, "common resident" (Boardman) ; 

 York, "common resident" (Adams). 



306. (740). Parus hudsonicus i^o/>"?. Hudsoniau Chickadee. 



Chiefly occurring as a somewhat rare winter visitor. It also is 

 resident in the extreme northern and eastern counties, though very 



