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KEY AND DESCRIPTION 



the bird will approach closely, or even alight on a person. 

 (Black-capped Chickadee.) 



Length, 5l ; wing, 2J- (2|-2|) ; tail, 2| ; tarsus, | ; culmea, f . Eastern 

 North America north of the Potomac and Ohio valleys to Labrador ; it 

 migrates a little beyond its breeding range. 



6. Carolina Chickadee 



similar to the last, but 



(736. Pclnis carolinhisis). — A bird 

 smaller, and with the greater wing 

 coverts not margined with 

 white. Though the notes of 

 this species are somewhat 

 different from those of the 

 last, this difference is not so 

 uniform as to render the 

 printed form of much use to 

 the beginner. It also calls 

 ! i itself a chickadee, though 



not so plainly. (Southern 

 Carolina Chickadee Chickadee.) 



Length, il ; wing, 'J.\ (2^-2|) ; tail, 2} ; tarsus, | ; culmen, -/j. South- 

 eastern States north to 

 New Jersey and Illinois, 

 and west to Missouri and 

 Texas ; practically breed- 

 ing throughout. 



7. Hudsonian Chick- 

 adee (740. Pd,rus hucl- 

 sdnicus). — A small, 

 brownish-ashy-backed 

 bird, with grayish 

 crown, wings, and tail, 

 a distinct black throat 

 patch, and brownish 

 sides. The rest of the 

 bird is white. This 

 northern chickadee has also peculiar notes, which need to be 

 heard to be understood. 



Hndsonian Chickadee 



