ORDER PASSERES. 335 



[737.] Parus meridionalis SCL. 



Mexican Chickadee. 



Parus meridionalis SCL. P. Z. S. 1856, 293. 



[B 292, C R 43, C 879.3 

 HAB. Mexico, north to Southern Arizona. 



738. Parus gambeli RIDGW. 



Mountain Chickadee. 



Parus gambeli RIDGW. MS. 



[B 294, C 32, R 40, C 48.] 



HAB. Mountainous parts of the Western United States, from the 

 Rocky Mountains to the Sierra Nevada. 



739. Parus cinctus obtectus (CAB.). 



Siberian Chickadee. 



Parus (Pcecild) obtectus CAB. J. f. O. 1871, 237. 



Parus cinctus obtectus RIDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 1885, 354. 



[B C R 44, C 52.] 

 HAB. Northern Alaska and Eastern Siberia. 



740. Parus hudsonicus FORST. 



Hudsonian Chickadee. 



Parus hudsonicus FORST. Phil. Trans. LXII. 1772, 3^3, 43- 

 [B 296, C 33, R 45, C 49-] 



HAB. Northern North America, from the more elevated parts of 

 the Northern United States (Northern New England, Northern New 

 York, Northern Michigan, etc.) northward. 



741. Parus rufescens TOWNS. 



Chestnut-backed Chickadee. 



Parus rufescens TOWNS. Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. VII. ii. 1837, 

 190. 



