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They nest, like all tlie otiiers of tins genus, in holes in soft tlecayed trunks 

 and large limbs of trees a few feet from tlie ground. Their eggs are not as 

 yet known. 



Farus hudsonicus, Forst. 



HUDSOSrS BAT CHICKADEE; BKOWN-CAPPED CHICKADEE. 



Pariis fnttf»mu'iis, Foustek, Tliilos. Tmns. LXII, 1772, 38:J, 4oO. — Am. Orn. liiog. 11, 

 1834, 543, i>l. extiv. — In. Binls Am. II, 1841, 155, pi. rxxviii. — Baiui>, Mirds N. 

 Am. 1858, 31»5 ; Kevicw, 82. — Samikls, 185. — Dall & Haxmstkk ^Alaska). J'arus 

 hudsonmis var. litforalLs, Huyant, I'r. IJost. Soc. X. II. IX. 18d3, 368. 



pp. CiiAH. Above yellowish olivareons-brown ; top of head purer brown, not very 

 dillerent in tint. Cliin and throat dark sooty-brown. Sides of liead white. Beneath 

 white; sides and anal rejjion lipfht brownish-ehestnut. No whitish on winjjs or tail. 

 Tail nearly even, or slightly eniar<rinate and rounded. Lateral feathers about .20 shortest. 

 Lenj^th about 5 inehes; wiiij;, 2.40 ; tail, 2.()(J. 



IIaii. Northern portions of North Anieriea, from Atlantic to Pacific. 



Specimens from the most nortliern locidities appear larger than those from 

 Maine and Xova Scotia {P. iitfornlin, Uuyaxt), witii proportionally longer 

 tails (3.00 inches, instead of 2.-1:0). We can, however, detect no other 

 difference. 



The Parm sihiricus of Europe is very similar in coloration and chamcters 

 to the P. hndsonicHs. The principal dillerence is seen in the cheeks, which 

 in sibiricufi are pure wliite, this color extending along the entire side of the 

 neck, widening behind, and extending round towards the hack. In hudsoni- 

 cUrS the cheeks behind the eyes and sides of the neck are asli-gray, the white 

 being confine<l to tlie region below or near the eye. Tlie smoky-gmy of the 

 upper part of head and neck in .nbirlcdfi is in a stronger contrast with the 

 brighter rufescent-gray of the back, and is separated IVom it by an obscure, 

 concealetl, whitish dorsal half-collar, represented in Inuisonicus only by a dull 

 grayish shade in the plumage. 



Habits. This interesting species, one of the liveliest and most animated 

 of its family, belongs to the northern and eastern sections of North America. 

 It is found in the eastern and northern jx)rtions of Maine, and probably also 

 in the northern parts of New Yt>rk, Vermont, and New Hampshire. In the 

 heavily wooded mountain-valley of Errol, in the lat*^ State, ^Fr. Maynard 

 met with this bird in the latter part of October, in company with the 

 comuKm atrica pill U.S. In the same month he also obtained two birds in 

 Albany, in the northwestern corner of Maine. A single si)ecimen was 

 taken at Concord, Massachusetts, ()ctol>er 21), by Mr. William Brewster. 



Near Calais it is resident, but not common. It is more .abundant in the 

 islands of the Bay of Fundy, where it takes the place, almost exclusively, 

 of the atrieapilltts. The writer first met with these lively little wood-sprites 



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