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The food of this smaller titmouse is not unlike that of 
the Tufted. The Chickadee is probably a greater weed-seed 
destroyer. 
289. (736.) Parus CAROLINENSIS Aud. 16. 
Carolina Chickadee. 
Synonyms: Parus atricapillus var. carolinensis. 
Southern Chickadee, Carolina Titmouse. 
Wheaton, Ohio Agri. Report, 1874, 562. 
It is difficult to distinguish between the two Chickadees 
at first, but one soon learns to note the smaller size of the 
Carolina. The notes and calls are also different, being 
higher pitched and more rapidly given than the Chickadee 
of the poets, and usually of more syllables. 
The distribution of this Chickadee is not clearly worked 
out for Ohio. It is the more common form south, but 
does not appear to displace the other anywhere. The evi- 
dence seems to point to a more northerly distribution in the 
western part of the state, where it is known as far north as 
Columbus and Granville, but it seems to be absent from 
Morgan county and east of there, We need to study the 
chickadees more carefully before any definite statement can 
be made of the distribution of this form. 
Family Sytvip#. Kinglets and Gnatcatchers. 
Next to the hummingbirds these are the smallest of our 
native birds. They are strictly arboreal, but sometimes 
glean from the ground. In their passage north and south 
the kinglets feed plentifully in our orchards and shade 
trees, only the Gnatcatcher remaining to nest. 
Subfamily RecuLtinz. Kinglets. 
290. (748.) REGULUS sATRAPA Licht. 13. 
Golden-crowned Kinglet. 
Synonyms: Regulus cristatus, R. tricolor. 
Golden-crested Kinglet, American Golden-crested Kinglet, 
Fiery-crowned Wren. 
Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 163. 
