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321 -735-(44). Parns atricapillus Linn. ^CHICKADEE; BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE. 

 Very common; throughout the entire state; every month of the year; "very com- 

 mon at Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. B. Steere); " resident in Monroe County, but much more 

 common in winter" (Jerome Trombley); "Grand Traverse County" (M. L. Leach); 

 " Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); ; 'Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); " very common at 

 Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster) common at Bay City in the spring, 1884 (N. A. Eddy 

 in O. and O., Vol. IX, p. 41); breeds; nests in a hole in a tree or stump; "breeds year 

 after year in same nest, where they may roost in winter " (Dr. W. C. Brownell); "breeds 

 at Traverse City " (L. W. Watkins) ; " have found full sets of eggs in April " (Dr. W. C. 

 Brownell); eggs five or six, eight taken by Gilbert White in Kent County, May, 1892,. 

 ten young found in nest by F. M. Falconer, white specked with brown; " this bird is 

 very familiar, may alight on a person" (E. L. Moseley, Forest and Stream, Sept., 1886); 

 Dr. Atkins reported seeing them eat tent caterpillars extensively. 



322-74O-(49). Parus hndsonicus Forst. HUDSONIAN CHICKADEE. 



Rare; " Northern Michigan" (Dr. A. K. Fisher); "a rare winter resident of North- 

 ern Michigan " (H. Nehrling); " Keweenaw Point " (Kneeland); in Cabot's list of Birds 

 of Upper Peninsula. 



FAMILY SYLVIID^E. WARBLERS; KINGLETS; GNATCATCHERS. 



Small, beautiful, insectivorous birds; feed largely on insects and insects' eggs. 



SUBFAMILY REGULIN^E. KINGLETS. 



GENUS REGULU8 Cuv. 



Golden-crowned Kinglet. 



323-748-(34). Regnlns satrapa Licht. * GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET; GOLDEN- 

 CROWNED WREN; GOLDEN-CRESTED KINGLET. 



Common; migrant; Mar. to May and Oct. and Nov.; occasionally a winter resident; 

 " more common at Ann Arbor than the next species " (Dr. J. B. Steere); " more timid 



