724 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



740a. Acadian Chickadee. 



Penthestes hudsonicus littoralis (Bryant) Ridgw. 1904. 



Southeastern British provinces (southern Labrador, Quebec, New 

 Brunswick, Nova Scotia, etc.) {Ridgway.) Breeds; is common, 

 and does not migrate from Newfoundland. {Reeks.) A rather 

 common resident at HaUfax, N.S. {Downs.) Not uncommon at 

 Baddeck and Margaree, Cape Breton island, July, 1898; common in 

 spruce trees at Brackley Point, Prince Edward island, June 26th, 

 1888. {Macoun.) Tolerably common on Prince Edward island. 

 {Dwight.) This seems to be the commonest chickadee on the Mag- 

 dalen islands; I met with it frequently there in June, 1897, and 

 found two nests containing young the middle of that month. The 

 nest was built in a small spruce stump about two feet down, the hole 

 being entered from the top. In one case the nest rested on the 

 ground, the stump being not more than eighteen inches high. I 

 never saw this bird in Ontario. {Rev. C. J. Young.) Met with at 

 all seasons at St. John, N.B. {Chamberlain.) A common per- 

 manent resident at Scotch Lake, York county, N.B. {W. H. 

 Moore.) Not uncommon in the Restigouche valley, N.B. {Brit- 

 tain & Cox.) Common on the Magdalen islands. {Bishop.) Not 

 so common as the black-capped chickadee. It breeds in the northern 

 part of Quebec province; taken at Beauport. {Dionne.) A rare 

 winter visitant at Montreal. Mr. Kuetzing has- found this species 

 in Hochelaga woods from November ist to December 7th. {Wintle.) 

 The Quebec citations should, perhaps, go under hudsonicus. 



Breeding Notes. — One nest of this species found at Scotch Lake, 

 N.B., was in a fir stub about fifteen feet from the ground; the hole 

 was lined with hair and fur. Eggs, six ; hatched June ist ; June 28th, 

 found a nest of six young birds ready to leave the nest. {W. H. 

 Moore.) 



74:0b. Columbian Chickadee. 



Penthestes hudsonicus columbianus (Rhoads) Ridgw. 1904. 



Shot one on May 7th, 1897, at Edmonton, Alta., the only one 



seen; one seen at Bear creek. Peace river, lat. 56°, August 5th, 



1903 ; common in spruce woods along the Athabaska river at Jaspei 



House, Alta., in June,i898. {Spreadborough.) One specimmen of 



