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1880, 89.— CouES, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 52. — McLenegan, Cruise 



"Corwin," 1884, 113 (Kowak R., Alaska). 

 P[arus} cinctus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 267. 

 Pams dnclus obtectus (not Panis ofttectes Cabanis) Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



viii, Sept. 2, 1885, 354. —American Ornithologists' Uniox, Check List, 1886, 



no. 739.— Macfarlane, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiv, 1891, 445 (Fort 

 ♦ Anderson, Mackenzie, breeding; descr. nest). 

 Plarus] cinctus obtectus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 564. 

 P[aru8] {Poecile) cifaclus obtectus Hellmayr, Tierreich, IK Lief., Mar., 1903, 70, 



part. 

 PoecilaVbtecta alascensis Prazak, Orn. Jahrb., vi. Heft 2, Mar.-Apr., 1895, 92 



(Alaska; Ochotsk). 

 P[arv^] cinctus alascensis Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, 564. 

 Parus cinctus alascensis American Ornithologists' Union Committee, Auk, xiv, 



1897, 132.— Gkinnell (J.), Pacific Coast Avifauna, no. 1, 1900, 59 (Kowak 



R., Alaska). 



PENTHESTES HUDSONICUS HUDSONICUS (Forster). 

 HUSSONIAN CHICKADEE. 



Adults in spring and sum.merr. — Pileum and hindneck plain, soft 

 grayish brown (varying from drab or l:)roccoli brown to pale sepia," 

 darker on loral and orbital regions; back, scapulars, lesser wing- 

 coverts, rump, and upper tail-coverts hair brown, often much 

 tinged with drab or broccoli brown, especially on back and scapu- 

 lars; wings and tail dull slate color with slate-gray edgings, then 

 becoming whitish on middle portion of longer primaries; rictal 

 and suborbital regions white, gradually shading into pale gray on 

 auricular region and this into clear gray (no. 6) or olive-gray 

 on sides of neck; malar region, chin, and throat uniform sooty black; 

 under parts of body white medially, the sides of chest shaded with 

 gray, the sides and flanks cinnamon-brown, the under tail-coverts 

 similar but paler; bill black; iris brown; legs and feet dusky (bluish 

 gray in life). 



Adults in autumn and winter. — Similar to the spring and .summer 

 plumage, but colors rather deeper. 



Young. — Essentially like adults, but textui'e of plumage different 

 (more lax) and color of sides and flanks paler and duller. 



Adult ma^e.— Length (skins) 117.5-137.5 (126.9); wing, 60-70(66.2); 

 tail, 68.5-70 (64.1); culmen, 8-9.5 (9); tarsus, 16-17.5 (16.9); middle 

 toe, 8.5-9.5 (9).* 



AdMlt female.— Ij&wgth. (.skins), 117.5-132.5 (127.4); wing, 62.5-68 



« The average color is not closely approximated by any hue on plate iii of Ridg- 

 way's Nomenclature of Colors, that coming nearest being drab or broccoli brown, 

 both of which are much too pale, except tor specimens in considerably worn or faded 

 plumage. 



6 Nineteen specimens. 



