WINTER GROUP — BLACK LIST 77 



191. SNOW-BIRD. 



Slaty-black Black and white. 



6-6}4. Almost pure black on head ; 02iter tail-feathers, 



pure white ; below, throat and upper breast, black, passing 



abruptly into white beneath ; ? has black replaced by dark 



brown. 



Breeds on northern edge and in higher mts. of Pa. and reported on 

 Mt. Wachusett, Mass. ; in winter, throughout, abundant ; nest, usu- 

 ally on ground; eggs, June ist, 4-5, variously tinted and marked; 

 sprightly tinkling notes in winter, and pleasing song in spring. 



192. LAPLAND LONGSPUR. 



Brownish-black, buff-streaked Black, white. 



6-6 >^. Winter plumage, as given ; light superciliary line ; 

 whole head, throat, and breast, black, overcast with brown- 

 ish ; grayish-chestnut collar ; tail, dark, white-spotted ; 

 below, except throat and breast, white, dark-streaked on 

 sides. 



Breeds far north ; winter, throughout, but rare ; no record in N. J. ; 

 nest, on ground ; eggs, 4-6, dark, thickly spotted. 



193. HUDSONIAN CHICKADEE. 



Olive-brown Whitish. 



5. Throat, blackish ; sides and rear, light brown. 



Breeds on northern edge; in winter in N. E., but rare; highest 

 authority fails to describe nest and eggs. 



193a. RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH: CANADA NUT- 

 HATCH. 



Leaden-blue Reddish-brown. 



4^-5. See 199. 



