114 CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 



Sitta canadensis. 



RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH. 



Occurs from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and north to Point 

 des Monts and Lake Winnipeg. It is found during the entire 

 year in the northern portions of its range, but in winter only in 

 the more southern portions. 



Sitta pygmaea. 



PYGMY NUTHATCH. 



A summer resident of British Columbia ; most abundant east 

 of the Cascades, especially in the Similkameen Valley. 



Parus atricapillus. 



CHICKADEE. 



An abundant resident from the Atlantic border to Lake 

 Huron, and north to about the 5Oth parallel. 



Parus atricapillus septentrionalis. 



LONG-TAILED CHICKADEE. 



An abundant resident of Manitoba and across the Great Plains 

 to the Rockies. 



Parus atricapillus occidentalis. 



OREGON CHICKADEE. 



An abundant resident along the Pacific coast. 



Parus gambeli. 



MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE. 



This species is common on the eastern slopes of the Cascade 

 Mountains (fanniri). 



