ORDER PASSERES. 309 



737. Parus meridionalis SCL. 



Mexican Chickadee. 



Parus meridionalis SCL. P. Z. S. 1856, 293. 

 [B 29 2, C , R 4 3, C8 79 .] 



GEOG. DIST. Mountains of Mexico, from Orizaba north to south- 

 ern Arizona. 



738. Parus gambeli RIDGW. 



Mountain Chickadee. 



Parus gambeli RIDGW. in A. O. U. Check-List, 1886, 335. 

 [B 294, C 32, R 40, C 48.] 



GEOG. DIST. Mountainous parts of the western United States, 

 from the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains to the Sierra Nevada, 

 north to British Columbia, Idaho, etc., and south to northern Lower 

 California. 



739. Parus cinctus obtectus (CAB.). 



Siberian Chickadee. 



Parus (P&cild) obtectus CAB. J. f. O. 1871, 237. 



Parus cinctus obtectus RIDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 1885, 354. 



[B , C , R 4 4, C 5 2.] 

 GEOG. DIST. Northern Alaska and eastern Siberia. 



740. Parus hudsonicus FORST. 



Hudsonian Chickadee. 



Parus hudsonicus FORST. Phil. Trans. LXII. 1772, 383, 430. 



[B 296, C 33, R 45. C 49-] 



GEOG. DIST. Northern North America, from the more elevated 

 parts of the northern United States (northern New England, north- 

 ern New York, northern Michigan, etc.) northward. 



740 a. Parus hudsonicus stoneyi (RIDGW.). 



Kowak Chickadee. 



Parus stoneyi RIDGW. Man. N. Am. B. Aug. 1887, 591. 



Parus hudsonicus stoneyi A.. O. U. Check-List, ist Suppl. 1889, 17. 



