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321-735-(44). Parus 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; "breefls 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 Bets 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 P. 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. 



322 740-(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 SYLVIIDiE. Warblers; Kinglets; Gnatcatchers. 



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



Subfamily REGULINiE. Kinglets. 



Genus REGTJLUS Ctjv. 



Golden-crowned Kinglet. 



323-748-(34). Regulus satrapa Lieht. * 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 



