PERCHING BIRDS 



730a. White-naped Nuthatch. Sitta 

 py gin era leiiconucha. 



Range. — Liower California. 



Lilie the last but grayer above and wliite 

 below. Its habits and eggs are the same as 

 those ot the Pygmy Nuthatch. 



731. Tufted Titmouse. Bivolophus 



bicolor 



Range. — Eastern United States, resident and 

 breeding from the Gulf north to New York and 

 Illinois. 



This species has a grayish 



crest and upper parts, and is 



white beneath with brownish 



sides and black forehead. 



These common and noisy 



birds nest in natural cavities 



in trees or in holes deserted 



by Woodpeckers; they may 

 be found at any elevation, from two to thirty 

 feet from the ground. They line the bottom 

 of the cavity with leaves, bark, fibres and hair, and during April or May lay 

 five to eight white eggs, plentifully specked with reddish brown. Size .74 x .54. 



White 



Tufted Titmiju.se 



iJlack-crested 'I'itmouse 



732. Black-crested Titmoues. Baoloplms atricristatus atricrisiains. 



Range. — Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas and southward. 



This Titmouse has a black crest and the forehead is white; otherwise similar 

 to the preceding. Lilie tlie last, these birds nest in deserted _ 



Woodpeckers' holes and natural cavities in trees, either in open 

 woods or in the vicinity ot habitations. Their eggs are sparsely 

 spotted with reddish brown, and not usually distinguishable from 

 those of the Tufted Titmouse. Size .70 x .54. Data. — ^Browns- 

 ville, Texas, May 11, 1S92. Nest ot moss, hair, down and wool in 

 cavity in tree in open woods near town; 4 feet from the ground. 



White 



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