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Parus bicolor (731). Tufted Titmouse. 
Common resident. On April 10 (’92) a nest was ready for 
eggs, and on August 4 (’94) young not long out of the nest, 
keeping in a close bunch and still being fed, were seen. Sets 
are lof 5 andlof 8. “Their notes are heard loudest on 
clear winter days, and at Hagerstown they are locally called 
‘Storm Bird’” (Small). On Dan’s Mountain I noted single 
birds on June 11 and 12, 795. 
Parus atricapillus (735). Chickadee. 
Irregular winter visitant, sometimes common in cold seasons 
(92-3 for instance), when the majority of the following species 
leave us. Noted from October 15 (’92; ’93) to March 21 (’95). 
“Mr. Henry Marshall has taken it at Laurel” (A. C., 37). 
“This bird was very abundant about Washington during 
March and April, 85. ... Owing probably to the severe 
winter they were driven south, returning about the middle of 
March ; the first specimens were taken March 15, and others 
were taken every week until April 19, when 6 were shot and 
many others seen. The weather during April was fine and 
warm, and the birds were singing and apparently quite at home. 
But few P. carolinensis were seen until the last week of April, 
showing that they too had been driven much further south” 
(Wm. Palmer, Auk, ii, 304). Noted at Hagerstown as “com- 
mon during the winter of ’80-81’’; none, however, were seen 
the previous or the two succeding seasons (Small). 
Parus carolinensis (736). Carolina Chickadee. 
Common resident. On April 23 (93) a nest held 2 fresh 
eggs, and on July 23 (93) young, not long out of the nest, were 
seen. Sets are 2 of 2,1 of 3,2 of 4,1 of 5,1 of 6, and 
AOL 7: 
At Hagerstown “resident, but scarce in summer” (Small). 
On Dan’s Mountain, June 6, 95, young were in the nest of the 
only pair seen. 
