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AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OP MICHIGAN. 



SUBFAMILY PARING. TITMICE. 

 GENUS PARUS LINN. 



Tufted Titmouse, natural size, 



32O-731-(4O). Parns bicolor (Linn.). * TUFTED TITMOUSE; SUGAR BIRD; BLACK- 

 FRONTED TITMOUSE. 



Common in more southern parts of the state; winter; occasional in April and May 

 and Sept.; "is regular winter resident at Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. B. Steere); "common in 

 Lenawee and Hillsdale Counties " (A. H. Boies); " every year in Monroe County often 

 until late May " (Jerome Trombley); " Benjamin Syke found this abundantly in Van 

 Buren County one year" (Dr. M. Gibbs); "only taken once at Plymouth" (J. B. 

 Purdy); "rarely found north of 40 degrees" (H. Nehrling); "summer resident in north- 

 ern counties of Indiana" (Butler); Dr. Atkins reports taking this in April and May at 

 Locke; we have taken it at this place; two specimens taken by Stewart ill. White in 

 Kent County in June, 1891; these valuable birds eat a great many leaf rollers and other 

 insects during the winter season; J. E. Nichols, of Lansing, has this bird in his collec- 

 tion taken in Sept., 1881; he has often taken it about Lansing in fall and spring. 



Black-capped Chickadee, reduced. 



