FAMILY PARID^E. NUTHATCHES, TITMICE, ETC. 319 



Bill, less than three eighths inch long ; crown and throat, black ; greater wing 

 coverts, not edged with white; breast, white; belly and sides, pale buff'. 



Carolina Chickadee. 



Parus carolinensis. 

 See No. 553. 



Throat, black; sides of body, chestnut brown. 



Hudsonian Chickadee. 



Parus hudsonicus. 

 See No. 554 



Group 2. Wing over 3 inches long. 



Throat and underpants, dull white ; sides 

 of body, tinged with rufous brown ; crown, 

 gray, with more or less of a crest ; 

 forehead, black, in adults. 



Tufted Titmouse. 

 Parus bicolor. 

 See No. 551. 



