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north as the 65th parallel, and, according to Audubon, has been seen as far south as Mary- 

 land. It has also been noticed in Kentucky. It builds its nest usually in the hole of a 

 squirrel or woodpecker, laying from 6-8 pure white eggs, and often raising two broods in a 

 year. Some writers describe the eggs as minutely sprinkled with red> fob 



THE CAROLINA TIT. 



Parus carolinensis. 



plate liv. fig. 123. 



(STATE COLLECTION.) 



Parus carolinensis. Audbbon, folio, pi. 100 ; Ornith. Biog. Vol. 2, p. 341, and Vol. 5, p. 474. Bonaparte, Com. 

 and Geog. List, p. 20. Aoedbon, Birds of Am. Vol. 2, p. 152, pi. 127 (male and female). 



Characteristics. Smaller than the preceding. Ash grey above. Cheeks greyish white. 

 Tail emarginate. Length, 4^ inches. 



Description. Plumage long and loose ; the third and fourth quills longest ; the first and 

 seventh subequal. 



Color. Crown, hind head, throat and upper part of the neck pure black. Cheeks greyish, 

 becoming lighter towards the eyes. Quills and tail-feathers margined with greyish. Be- 

 neath greyish, and tinged with rufous on the sides. 



Length, 4'25-4 - 5. 



This southern species has not, until recently, been detected in this State. Mr. Bell in- 

 formed me, three years since, that he had reason to believe that a species closely resembling 

 the Chickadee, but smaller, and with a different note, existed in this State during the winter. 

 He succeeded recently in obtaining a specimen in Rockland county, which proved to be the 

 Carolina Tit. It chiefly affects low marshy situations, and is more shy than the Chickadee. 

 It is a resident in the southern States, and has been observed in Texas. Its extreme north- 

 eastern range along the Atlantic is in this State, although it may be found still farther north, 

 having been taken hitherto for the Chickadee. 



(EXTRA-LMITAL.) 



P. hudsonicus. (Aud. B. of A. Vol. 2, pi. 128.) Rufous brown above. Cheeks with a narrow 



band of white. Beneath white ; rufous on the sides. Length, 5 inches. Labrador, Maine. 

 P. rufescens. (Id. pi. 129.) Bright chesnut above; the white cheek band curving upon the back. 



Head, throat and sides of the neck dark brown. Length, 4£ inches. Columbia river. 

 P. minimus. (Id. pi. 130.) Greyish brown above. Crown and hind head reddish brown. Tail 



more than two inches. Length, 4£ inches. Columbia river. 

 P. leucolis. (Giraud, B. of Texas, plate.) Red : cheeks satin white. Tail long, graduated. Length, 



4-9. Texas. 



