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North Am. Fauna, no. 22, 1902, 129 (Echimamish, Robinson Portage, Oxford 

 House, Knee Lake, York Factory, and Hill R., Kewatin). 



IParus'] hudsonicus Latham, index Orn., i, 1790, 566. — Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 

 232, no. 3359.— CoHES, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 81, part. 



P\^arus\ hudsonicus Nelson, Bull. Essex Inst., viii, 1876, 95 (Rock Island, u. w. 

 Illinois; n. e. Illinois, rare winter visitant; Racine, Wisconsin (] spec, Jan., 

 1852).— CouBS, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 267, part.— Ridqway, Man. 

 X. Am. Birds, 1887, 564, part. 



P\arus'\ (Poecile) hudsonicus hudsonicus Hellmayr, Tierreich, 18 Lief., Mar., 

 1903, 71, part 



Plarusi hludsonicm] eimra Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 267 (Alaska; 

 neither type locality nor type specified). 



Parus hudsonicus emira Rhoads Auk, x, Oct., 1893, 331 (descr., crit., etc.) — 

 Bishop, N. Am. Fauna, no. 10, 1900, 93 (Caribou Crossing, Lake Tagish, 

 Lake Lebarge, St. Michael, etc., Alaska); Auk, xvii, 1900, 118 (crit.). — Grin- 

 NELL (J. ), Pacific Coast Avifauna, no. 1, 1900, 60 (Kowak R., Alaska; habits; 

 crit.). — McGregor, Condor, iv, 1902, 144 (Signal Cairn, Norton Sound, 



Plarusl (Poecile) hudsonicus eimra Hellmayr, Tierreich, 18 Lief., Mar., 1903, 72. 

 Parus hudsonicus ungava Rhoads, Auk, x, Oct., 1893, 328 (Fort Chimo, Ungava; 



coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 

 Parus hudsonicus Uttoralis (not of Bryant) Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., xvi, 



1902, 245, part (Ungava). 

 Parus 'stoneyi Ridqway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 591, 592 (Kowak R., n. w. 



Alaska; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.).— Chapman, Auk, v, 1888, 400. 

 Parus hudsonicus stoneyi American Ornithologists' Union Committee, First 



Suppl. to Check List, 1889, 17; Check List, 2d ed., 1895, no. 740 a.— Rhoads, 



Auk, X, 1893, 24, 330 (crit.; range).— Ridgw ay, Man. N. Aip. Birds, 2d ed., 



1896, 611.— Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., xvi, 1902, 245 (diagnosis; 



Kowak R. ) 

 P[arus] (Poecile) hudsonicus stoneyi Hellmayr, Tierreich, 18 Lief., Mar., 1903, 72. 



PENTHESTES HUDSONICUS COLUMBIANUS (Rhoads). 

 COLTTIIBL&.N CHICKADEE. 



Similar to P. h. hvdsonicvs, hut slightly darker and less brown 

 above, especially the pileum and hindneck; chin and throat more 

 decidedly black; bill relatively larger. 



Adult male.— h&n^ih. (skins), 117.5-14:0.6 (128.7); wing, 63-69 (66); 

 tail, 61-66.5 (64); culmen, 8.5-10 (9.6); tarsus, 16-17.5 (17); middle 

 toe, 9-9.5 (9.2).« 



Adult female. — Length (skins), 120-127.5 (124.3); wing, 64-68.6 

 (66.6); tail, 61.5-66.6 (63.4); culmen, 9-9.5 (9.1); tarsus, 16.6-17.5 

 (16.9); middle toe, 8.5-9.6 (9.1).* 



Northern Rocky Mountain district, from interior of British Colum- 

 bia (Field, Eagle Pass, Toad Mountain, etc.); northern Montana (St. 

 Marys Lakes), and Alberta (Edmonton, Smoke Valley, Grand Cache, 

 Whitemud, etc.), to Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. 



a Thirteen specimens. * Five specimens. 



