174 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



(L. B. B.), Jan. 25, 1907 (E. S. W.) ; Portland, Dec. 9, 30, 1895, 

 Jan. 23 Feb. 22, 1896, Dec. 6-18, 1899, Feb. 12, 1900, Jan. 

 15, 1902 (J. H. S.). 



Breeding records. June i, 1876, Winchester, nest with eggs 

 found, the female being shot (in coll. of Williams) j 1 June 27, 

 1896, Norfolk, male, female, and young taken by W. E. T. 

 (in coll. of J. H. S.) 



Family PARID^. Titmice. 



Basolophus bicolor (Linnaeus). Tufted Titmouse. 



A very rare visitor from the south. 



The only Connecticut records are those noted by Merriam: 2 

 Linsley recorded it at New Haven ; Feb. 27, 1872, one shot, Jan., 

 1874, one seen, Lyme (J. G. Ely) ; taken near Hartford by Dr. 

 D. Crary. 



Penthestes atricapillus atricapillus (Linnaeus). Chickadee. 



A common resident; keeping in family flocks except in the 

 breeding seasons, and venturing into the cities in the fall and 

 winter. 



Nest. In a hole excavated by the birds in a dead stump or 

 limb at from 10 inches to 20 feet from the ground. The entrance 

 is often from the top of the stump, and the nest cavity sometimes 

 extends below the ground level. 



Eggs. 3-10; the middle of May. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May n, 1891, seven eggs 

 (J. N. C). Latest record. July 2, 1893, four eggs (A. H. V. 

 and L. B. B.). 



Unusual sets. Set of eight and another of nine reported at 

 Wallingford in 1884 (J. R. M.) ; 3 set of eight taken at Ivoryton, 

 May 28, 1895 (G. D. French, in coll. of L. B. B.) ; set of ten 

 found May 30, 1904, and set of eight found May 18, 1907, at 

 Portland (J. H. S.). 



Penthestes hudsonicus hudsonicus (J. R. Forster). Hud- 

 sonian Chickadee. 



The only Connecticut record for this species is reported in the 

 Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornith. Club for July, 1876, and is quoted 



1 Job, The Sport of Bird Study, p. 311. 

 8 Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 9. 

 * Young Oologist, i, 5, p. 70. 



