172 Catalogue of the Birds of Illinois. 



Family SAXICOLIDtE.— Stonechats and Bluebirds. 



Genus SiALiA, Swainson. 

 *10. Sialia sicilis (Linn.) Haldem. Bluebird. Resident and generally 

 distributed; less numerous, and sometimes-absent, in winter. 



11. S. arctica. Swains. Rocky Mountain Bluebird. Accidental visitor. 

 (East side of Mississippi river, opposite Dubuque, Iowa; fide E. W. Nelson, 

 Bull. Essex Inst., VIII., 1876, p. 95.) 



Family PTILOGONATID^.— Fly-catching Thrushes. 



Genus Myiadestes, Swainson. 



12. M. toivnsendi (Aud.) Caban. Townsend's Solitnire. Accidental visitor. 

 (Waukegan, December 16, 1875; cf. Nelson, Pr. Essex Inst., VIII., 1876. p. 94.) 



Family SYLYIID^.— True Warblers. 



Genus Polioptila, Sclater. 

 1*13. P . coTidea {h\xm.) ^cl. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. Summer sojourner; 

 abundant, southward. 



Genus Regulus, Cuvier. 



14. R. calendula (Linn.) Licht. Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Transient; win- 

 ter sojourner southward. 



15. R. satrapci, Licht. Golden-crowned Kinglet. Transient northward, 

 winter sojourner southward. 



Family PARID J]].— Titmice or Chickadees. 



Genus LoPHOPHANES, Kaup. 

 *16. L. bicolor (Linn.) Bp. Tufted Titmouse. Resident; rare northward 

 (where said by Nelson to occur only during fall and winter), but in some south- 

 ern counties perhaps the most abundant bird. 



Genus Pakus, Linn. 

 ' l'f'*n. p. atricapillus, Linn. Black-capped Chickadee. Northern portion; 

 resident, but not numerous in winter. 



*18. P. carolhieiisis, Aud. Carolina Chickadee. Whole state, but rare 

 northward, where found only in summer ( V); southward the only species, except 

 perhaps in winter; abundant, and resident. 



19. P. hndsonicus, Forst. Hudson's Bay Chickadee. Very rare winter 

 visitant to extreme northern portion. (Rock Island, fide Nelson, Bull. Essex 

 Inst., VII., December, 1876, p. 95.) 



Family SITTID^.— Nuthatches. 

 Genus Sitta, Linnteus. 

 // ^^ *20. S. carolinensis, Linn, White-bellied Nuthatch. Resident. 



*21. S. canadensis, Linn. Red-bellied Nuthatch. Winter sojourner south- 

 ward; breeds sparingly in extreme northern portion (Nelson). 



