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321-735(44). Pariis atricapilhis Linn. *Chickadee; Black-oappkd Chickadee. 

 Very common; throughout the entu-e state; every month of the year; "very com- 

 mon at Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. B. Steere); " resident in Monroe County, but much more 

 common in winter" (Jerome Trombley); "Grand Traverse County" (M. L. Leach); 

 "Mackinac Island " (S..E. White); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); " very common at 

 Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster) common at Bay City in the spring, 1884 (N. A. Eddy 

 in O. and O.. Vol. IX, p. 41); breeds; nests in a hole in a tree or stump; "breeds year 

 after year in same nest, where they may roost in winter" (Dr. W. C. Brownell); "breeds 

 at Traverse City " (L. W. Watkins); '• have found full sets of eggs in April " (Dr. W. C. 

 Brownell); eggs five or six, eight taken by Gilbert White in Kent County, May, 1892. 

 ten young found in nest by P. M. Falconer, white specked with brown; "this bird is 

 very familiar, may alight on a person" (E. L. Moseley, Forest and Stream. Sept., 188G); 

 Dr. Atkins reported seeing them eat tent caterpillars extensively. 



322-740-(49). Parus hudsoniciis Forst. Hudsonian Chickadee. 



Rare; " Northern Michigan" (Dr. A. K. Fisher); "a rare winter resident of North- 

 ern Michigan" (H. Nehrling); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); in Cabot's list of Birds 

 of Upper Peninsula. 



Family SYLVIID^^^. Warblers; Kinglets; Gnatcatchers. 

 Small, beautiful, insectivorous birds; feed largely on insects and insects' eggs. 

 Subfamily REGULIN.E. Kinglets. 

 Genus REGULUS Cuv. 



Golden-crowned Kinglet. 



323-748 (34). Regiilus satrapa LicM. * Golden-crowned Kinglet; Golden- 

 crowned Wren; Golden-crested Kinglet. 

 Common; migrant; Mar. to May and Oct. and Nov.; occasionally a winter resident; 

 "more common at Ann Arbor than the next species" (Dr. J. B. Steere); "more timid 



