HUDSON'S BAY TITMOUSE. o3 



webs : rump pale cinereous : upper tail-coverts 

 dirty white: tail brown, with grey margins: the 

 two middle feathers cinereous : throat black : 

 cheeks and all the under parts of the body white : 

 legs and claws blackish. Native of the United 

 States of North America; generally observed about 

 autumn and winter amongst evergreens, on the 

 seeds of which they feed : about the middle of 

 April they build their nests in the deserted hole 

 of a Woodpecker or Squirrel, or digging one out 

 with great labour : the female lays six white eggs, 

 sprinkled with red ; the first brood appears about 

 the beginning of June, and the second towards 

 the end of July. 



The Hudson's Bay Titmouse of Latham is sup- 

 posed by Wilson to be only the young of this 

 species, it agreeing tolerably well with the de- 

 scription, and being found within the limits of 

 the countries with the Black-capt Titmouse. 



HUDSON S BAY TITMOUSE. 

 (Parus Hadsonicus.) 



P. \.fnsco rubescens, dor so cinereo, jugulo atro, fascia suboculari 



pectoreque albis, hypochondriis rtifis. 

 Fuscous red Titmouse, with an ash-coloured back, dark jugu- 



lura, fascia beneath the eye, and the breast white, sides rufous. 

 Parus Hudsonicus. Philos. Transac. 62. 408. GmeL Syst. Xaf. 



1. 1013. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 566. 11. 

 Hudson's Bay Titmouse. Philos. Transac. 62. 408. Pen. Arct. 



Zool 2. "^g.Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 557. 24. LatJi. Syn. Sup. 



190. 



