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BROWN-CAPPED CHICKADEE 

 Penthestes hudsonicus 



Similar to the Black-cap but crown dark brown; back brownish 

 ashy. 



Range. Northern New England and Canada; rarely farther 

 south in winter. Represented by three races: the Acadian 

 Brown-capped Chickadee (P. h. littoralis) of northern New Eng- 

 land, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland; the 

 Labrador Brown-capped Chickadee (P. h. nigricans) of Labrador, 

 and the Hudsonian Brown-capped Chickadee (P. h. hudsonicus) 

 of the region west of Hudson Bay. 



Until recent years the Brown-capped Chickadee was 

 rarely seen far south of its breeding range, but during sev- 

 eral winters it has invaded New England in considerable 

 numbers and has been found in the lower Hudson Valley, 

 Long Island, Staten Island and northern New Jersey. 

 At close range an experienced observer may know it by 

 its dark brown head, while Brewster states that its "nasal, 

 drawling, tchick, chee-day-day " at once distinguishes it 

 from the Black-cap. All three races have been reported 

 in these winter migrations and only expert examination 

 of specimens can determine whether the little wanderer is 

 from Labrador, New Brunswick, or the country west of 

 Hudson Bay, 



OLD-WORLD WARBLERS, KINGLETS AND 

 GNATCATCHERS. FAMILY SYLVIID.E 



V* GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET 

 Regulus satrapa satrapa. Case 2, Figs. 62, 63; Case 4, Figs. 72, 73 



Very small, olive-green birds with a flame and yellow crown- 

 patch in the male and a yellow crown -patch in the female. L. 4. 



Range. Nests from northern New England northward and, 

 in the Alleghanies, soutlS to North Carolina. 



Washington, abundant W. V., Sept. 30-Apl. 27. Ossining, 

 common W. V., Sept. 20-Apl. 28. Cambridge, very common 



