Birds of Dead BiverRegioriyMe. F.H.G. 



10. Parus Imclsonicus, (Hudsonian Chickadee). 

 A small flock seen in January, 1884, from which 

 I secured three. They came about the lumber 

 camps, to the shelter of the hay shed, during a 

 snow storm. 



O.&O. XI. Aug-, 1886, p. 115 



;,o5 J Ge7teral Notes. 



appeared to be the fur of the northern hare or rabbit nicely felted 

 together. 



This record of Parus Imdsonicus would appear to indicate a later season 

 for nesting than that occupied by P. atricapillus, as I discovered a flock 

 of the latter containing both the old and young birds, several days from 

 the nest, feeding only a few rods from the spot where, snug in their tree, 

 lay concealed the brood of young hudsonicus which appeared to be only 

 about a week out of the shell. Accordingly atricapillus must have been 

 out in the world quite ten days before hudsonicus would leave its nest. 



During my rambles in this vicinity in the months of September and 

 October, I found hudsonicus to be more abundant than during previous 

 years, and on at least one occasion a flock containing five or six individ- 

 uals was seen. May we not hope that this occasional resident bird is 

 becoming inore abundant within our borders, and that the observations 

 of future seasons may prove it to be a permanent though rare species — 

 Sanford Ritchie, Dover, Me. -j^^-^^ ^^^^^ ^g^^^ p.^SiT-B; 



