Hudson's bay titmouse. 



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webs : rump pale cinereous : upper tail-coverts 

 dirty white : tail brown, with grey margins : the 

 two middle feathers cinereous : throat black : 

 cheeks and all the under parts of the body white : 

 legs and claws blackish. Native of the United 

 States of North America; generally observed about 

 autumn and winter amongst evergreens, on the 

 seeds of which they feed : about the middle of 

 April they build their nests in the deserted hole 

 of a Woodpecker or Squirrel, or digging one out 

 with great labour : the female lays six white eggs, 

 sprinkled with red ; the first brood appears about 

 the beginning of June, and the second towards 

 the end of July. 



The Hudson's Bay Titmouse of Latham is sup- 

 posed by Wilson to be only the young of this 

 species, it agreeing tolerably well with the de- 

 scription, and being found within the limits of 

 the countries with the Black-capt Titmouse. 



Hudson's bay titmouse. 



(Parus Hudsonicus.) 



Va.Jusco ruhescens^ dor so cinereoy jugido atro, Jascia suboculari 



'pedoreque albis^ hypochondriis rufis. 

 Fuscous red Titmouse, with an ash-coloured back, dark jugu- 



lura, fascia beneath the eye, and the breast white, sides rufous. 

 Parus Hudsonicus. Philos. Transac. 62. 408. — GmeL Syst. Nat. 



1. 1013. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 566. 11. 

 Hudson's Bay Titmouse. Philos. Transac. 62. 408. — Pen. Arct. 



Zool. 2. S'lg.-^Lath. Gen. Si/n. 4. 557. 24.--Lath. Syn. Sup. 



190. 



