Perching Birds Chiefly Gray, Black, or Black and White 



734. Bridled Titmouse [Bixolophui wollwtberi), 

 L, 5.2. ^ds. Head crested, black and gray; throat 

 black; hind neck wkh 3 white band bounded by black; 

 back olivfi-gray; belnw whitish. Notes. Chickadee- 

 like but fainter. (Henehaw.) 



Rang*. — Tableland o* Mexico north 10 western Texas and soulhem 

 Arliona. 



738. Mountain Chickadee {Parus gambeli). L. 5,5. 

 Ads. A white line over the eye and a biack through 

 if back gray; belly whitish. Notes. A hoarse, dis-dee- 

 dee a two or three-nottd phe-bc whistle exactly like- 

 that of the Chickadee and an exceedingly sweet three- 

 noted whistle of regular intervals, d, c, a. 



Kanpe —"Mountainous portions of the wE'tern United States from. 

 tHe eastern base ut tlis Rocky Mountains to tiic SiCira Nevada, norlh, 

 to BritlsnColumlMa, Idaho, etc., anJ South to northern Lower Cal- 

 Ifurnla," (A, O. U.) 



740. Hud90nian Chicicadee {Parus hudsonims), 

 L 5.2; W. 2.6. Ad^. Criiwn hair-hrown, hark a. 

 more yellow brown; sides of head and neck grayish 

 white; throat black, belly white, sides rusty. NoUi. 

 Ts.cha-dee'dee-dM-dee\ the dee-d$e noles repeated with 

 almostincessant volubility. (Brewer.) 



KanE^.— Urilish America, fiom the west side of Hudson Bay nortti- 

 weslwjid 10 the Lowur Yulton. 



740a. Kovvait Chickadee {P. h. stoneyt). Similar 

 to No. 740, feut larger, W. 2.7, above grayer, crown 

 much paler. 



Range.— Kowak River region, Alasl?a. 



740b. Columbian Chickadee (F. b. columbianus). 

 Similar to No. 740, but grayer above, crown slaty-drah. 



RitiRe. Rocliy Mountains from Montana northward; Kanai Pen- 

 insala, Ala^lia. 



— Canadian Cliickadee (P. h. littoralis). Similar to 

 No. 740, but smaller, W. 2.5, crown dullerbrown. 



Range —British Amerlra east and south of Hudson Bay; northern 

 New Yori<, northern New England, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, 



739. Alaskan Chickadee (Purua dndus alasoensii). 

 L. 5,2. Ads. Crown brown, back brtghter; sides of 

 head and neck /ia« wMe; throat blackish; belly whit- 

 ish, sides buffy. 



RangK. — "NoiUitin Alaskd and eastern Sibeila." (A. O. U.) 



741. Chestnut-backed Chickadee ( Parus rufescens), 

 L. 4.6. Ads. Backandsidesrustychestnut, crown sooty 

 brown, throatblack. Notes. A lisping the-lbe-ihs-h-U^ 

 (Kobbe,) 



Range.— Pacific coast from Orejjon to southern Alaska. 



74 I a. Gaiifornia Chickadee {P. r. negUctus). Sim' 

 ilar to No. 741, but with only a tinge of rusty on 

 flanks. 



Ranee. ''Const of California from Monterey County northward." 

 (A. O. U.) 



74 lb. Barlow Chickadee {P. r. barlcwi}. Similar 

 to Nu. 74"a, but with no rusty on flanks. 



Ranp:a.^\ icinity of Monterey, California, 



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