124 THE BIRDS OF MONTREAL. 



from September 28 to November 8, and only once 

 in the months of July and December December 

 24, 1882 and July 4, 1885. I have not seen any 

 here in the months of January, February, June and 

 August. 



236. Red-breasted Nuthatch. (Red-bellied Nuthatch.) 



S. canadensis. (Linn.) 



" Transient Visitant," common. Probably a few- 

 breed and winter here. More plentiful during the 

 month of August. Usually observed here from 

 May 7 to 31 and August 13 to October 8. I have 

 not seen any here in the months of January, 

 February, March, April, June, July and Novem- 

 ber, and only once in December December 8, 

 1888 when I shot a solitary individual which I 

 found with a company of chickadees in a thick 

 cedar wood below Hochelaga. The country was 

 snowed up at the time, and was about two feet deep 

 in the woods, so I considered this bird would have 

 wintered here. 



Subfamily Parince. Titmice. 



Genus Parus. Linnaeus. 



Subgenus " Parus." 



237. Chickadee. (Black-capped Chickadee.) P 



atricapillus. (Linn.) 



"Winter Visitant," common. Observed here 

 from September 17 to April 25. 



