PERCHING BIRDS 
730a. White-naped Nuthatch. Sitta 
pygmcea leuconucha. 
Range. — Lower California. 
Like the last but grayer above and white 
below. Its habits and eggs are the same as 
those of the Pygmy Nuthatch. 
731. Tufted Titmouse. Bceolophus bicolor 
Range. — Eastern United States, resident and 
breeding from the Gulf north to New York and 
Illinois. 
This species has a grayish 
crest and upper parts, and is 
white beneath with brownish 
sides and black forehead. 
These common and noisy 
birds nest in natural cavities 
in trees or in holes deserted 
White by Woodpeckers; they may 
be found at any elevation, from two to thirty 
feet from the ground. They line the bottom 
of the cavity with leaves, bark, fibres and hair, 
Tufted Titmouse 
Black-crested Titmouse 
and during April or May 
five to eight, white eggs, plentifully specked with reddish brown. Size .74 x 
lay 
.54. 
732. Black-crested Titmouse. Bceolophus atricristatus atricristatus. 
Range. — Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas and southward. 
This Titmouse has a black crest and the forehead is white; otherwise similar 
to the preceding. Like the last, these birds nest in deserted 
Woodpeckers’ holes and natural cavities in trees, either in open 
woods or in the vicinity of habitations. Their eggs are sparsely 
spotted with reddish brown, and not usually distinguishable from 
those of the Tufted Titmouse. Size .70 x .54. Data. — Browns- 
ville, Texas, May 11, 1892. Nest of moss, hair, down and wool in 
cavity in tree in open woods near town; 4 feet from the ground. 
White 
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