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The food of this smaller titmouse is not unlike that of 

 the Tufted. The Chickadee is probably a greater weed-seed 

 destroyer. 



289. (736.) Parus carolinensis Aud. 16. 



Carolina Chickadee. 



Synonyms: Parus atricapillus var. carolinensis. 



Southern Chickadee, Carolina Titmouse. 

 Wheaton, Ohio Agri. Report, 1874, 562. 



It is difficult to distinguish between the two Chickadees 

 at first, but one soon learns to note the smaller size of the 

 Carolina. The notes and calls are also different, being 

 higher pitched and more rapidly given than the Chickadee 

 of the poets, and usually of more syllables. 



The distribution of this Chickadee is not clearly worked 

 out for Ohio. It is the more common form south, but 

 does not appear to displace the other anywhere. The evi- 

 dence seems to point to a more northerly distribution in the 

 western part of the state, where it is known as far north as 

 Columbus and Granville, but it seemiS to be absent from 

 Morgan county and east of there. We need to study the 

 chickadees more carefully before any definite statement can 

 be made of the distribution of this form. 



Family Sylviid^. Kinglets and Gnatcatchers. 



Next to the hummingbirds these are the smallest of our 

 native birds. They are strictly arboreal, but sometimes 

 glean from the ground. In their passage north and south 

 the kinglets feed plentifully in our orchards and shade 

 trees, only the Gnatcatcher remaining to nest. 



Subfamily Regulin^. Kinglets. 



290. (748.) Regulus satrapa Licht. 13. 



Golden-crowned Kinglet. 



Synonynns: Regulus cristatus, R. tricolor. 



Golden-crested Kinglet, American Golden-crested Kinglet, 



Fiery-crowned Wren. 

 Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 163. 



