Hudsonian Chickadees at Hatley, Stanstead County, Quebec— 



On October 10, 1916, 1 came across two examples of the Hudsonian Chick- 

 adee {Penthestes hudsonicus subsp.?) in the same wood as the pair recorded 

 in ' The Auk,' Vol. 33, 1916, p. 184; and they remained there until Novem- 

 ber 12. Between these dates I saw them on ten occasions, and generally 

 they were in the company with a few P. alricapillus but it was quite an 

 easy matter to locate them from the latter by their notes alone, without 

 seeing them, and this I often did following up the sound until a view of the 

 birds was obtamed and identification confirmed.— H. Mousley, Hatley, 

 Que. 



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Labrador Chickadees at Hatley, Stanstead County, Quebec- 

 It is with pleasure that I record a visit of Dr. Townsend's new subspecies 

 the Labrador Chickadee (Penthestes hudsonicus nigricans) to Hatley, on its 

 return journey to its breeding grounds. The bhds were first observed on 

 May 14 and between that date and the thhtieth on which the last was 

 seen, seven examples were secured, three being sent to Dr. Townsend, and 

 the other four to the Victoria Memorial Museum at Ottawa. The former 

 consisted of two adult males and one female, the latter of two males and 

 two females. They were generally alone or in the company of Golden- or 

 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, and were somewhat shy and difficult to approach, 

 which made their exact number not easy to estimate. Besides the seven 

 obtained I can only positively assert to having seen four other examples, 

 although I know there were several more that I was unable to follow up.— 

 H. MousLBT, Hatley, Que. 



Labrador and Acadian Chickadees at Hatley, Stanstead County, 

 Quebec.- On the early and no doubt record date of September 3, two 

 exWes of the Labrador Chickadee {Penthestes hudsonicus mgncans) 

 were obtained and three others noted between then and the twenty-first, 

 whilst on October 11 two examples of the Acadian {Penthestss hudsomcus 

 moroMs) were seen at close quarters and easily identified the former, 

 not so much from the fact of their backs bemg brown mstead of dusky, 

 the caps undifferentiated, and the sides of a strong brown tint, but niore 

 from their behavior and the tone of their voice, which was entirely differ- 

 ent to that of the sixteen niaricans I have so far come across. The same 

 wheezy note was certainly there, but it was stronger and more insistent 

 than in nigricans, which has a very feeble wheeze. As regards their 

 behavior they came close down to me of their own accord and when 

 whistled, the same as atricavUlv^ will, a thing I have never known mgn- 

 cans to do, in fact it has always been a matter of much difliculty to get a 

 shot at these latter owing to their restless and nervous state.- H. Mousley, 



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