FAMILY P&ridae. 



the Black-cap, but there is never ion of the latter'a 



mellow, whistled phcebe; 



J Wmes <Sv* 



<*w^/V^W^*/ 



Pst zee-zee-zec 



Aft 



tree-e-e-e~e 



The song has been described by Dr. Townsend in his A 

 on the Birds of Cape Breton Island,* as follows (which 

 inclines me to believe I have not heard the full song): 

 "Several times in different places I was treated to a pleas- 

 ant little warble . . . which appeared to my companion 

 and myself to easily merit the name of song. It was a low, 

 bubbling, warbling song, which I vainly attempted to 

 describe in my notes. It began with a pslt or tsee, followed 

 by a sweet but short warble . . . quite different from the 

 irregular rolling notes that the Black-cap occasionally 

 emits." That would mean that the thin, rippling notes I 

 heard from the Hudsonian could not be the full song and 

 that my record above does not fairly represent it. Mr. 

 Horace W. Wright also describes the song as he heard it at 

 Ipswich, Mass., November 12, 1904 as a "sweet warbling 

 song" and again, for another song heard in Belmont, 

 November 25th, he uses the same terms.** But of one 

 fact we may be certain, the differences between the various 

 notes of the Black-cap and the Hudsonian are distinct and 

 absolute, the call of the latter is a low-pitched, drawled 

 pst, zee, zee, zee, that of the Black-cap is sick-a-dee-dee-dee, 

 This difference may be easily recognized by any mountain 

 climber or autumn visitor in the White Mountains who is 

 fortunate enough to meet with the two species. 



Tufted 

 Titmouse 



Bceolophus 



bicolor 



L. 6.10 inches 



All the year 



Closely related to the Chickadees this 

 alert and fearless little bird resembles them 

 to a certain extent in character, habit, and 

 coloring. Forehead black, a pronounced 

 crest, upper parts ashen gray with wings 

 and tail a trifle deeper, under parts dull white with a wash 



*Vide The Auk. Vol. XXIII. No. 2. April, 1906. 

 ** Vide The Auk, Vol. XXII. 1905, p. 87. 



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