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Genus PENTHESTES Reichenbach. 



Penthestes Reichenbach, Avium Syst. Nat., 1850, pi. Ixii. Type, 

 by orig. desig., Parus Ivgubris Tbmminck. 



Penthestes atricapiUus (Linn^us). 



Range. — North America from tree limit to about the middle of the 

 United States. 



a. Penthestes atricapiUus atricapiUus (Linn^us). Chickadee. [735.] 

 Parus atricapiUus Linn-«;tis, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, I, 1766, 341. (Canada.) 



Range. — Canadian and Transition zones of eastern North America from 

 southeastern Keewatin, Routhern Ungava, and Newfoundland south to central 

 Missouri, lUinois, northern Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, northern New 

 Jersey, and in the Alleghenies south to North Carolina; somewhat further 

 south in winter. 



b. Penthestes atricapiUus septentrion^Us (Habris). Long-tailed Chickadee. 



[735a.] 



Parus septentrionalis Harris, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., II, 1845, 300. 

 (Yellowstone River, about 30 miles "below" [ = above] its junction 

 with the Missouri, Montana.) 



Range. — Western North America. Breeds mainly in Canadian and Transi- 

 tion zones from Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, central Mackenzie, and southwest- 

 ern Keewatin south to northern New Mexico and eastern Kansas, and from 

 eastern Oregon east to western Minnesota and western Iowa; south in winter 

 to central Texas. 



c. Penthestes atricapiUus occident&Us (Baird). Oregon Chickadee. [7356.] 



Parus occidentalis Baird, Rep. Expl. & Surv. R. R. Pac, IX, 1858, 391. 

 (Shoalwater Bay, Washington.) 



Range. — Transition Zone of Northwest coast from British Columbia to 

 Oregon. 



d. Penthestes atricapiUus turneri (Ridgway). Yukon Chickadee. [735c.] 



Parv^ atricaptUus turneri Ridgway, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., II, April 10, 

 1884, 89. (St. Michael, Alaska.) 



Range. — Breeds in Hudsonian Zone of northern Alaska north and west of 

 Cook Inlet. 



