Parus hudsonicus. 
Maine (Lake Umbagog), 
1872. 
June 3~ Rather numerous in a belt of firs and spruces bor- 
14.' dering the Lake. Specimens v/’ore taken v/’hich, from the 
softness of the skull etc., vre judged to be young birds 
three or four months old. Others, evidently adults, 
vrere apparently about to breed. The young xrevQ met 
i v/ith in pa,rti;)S of six or eight, frequently accom.paniod 
by a pair of j^. atricapillus . They kept invariably in 
the thickest spruces and firs, usually near the tops of 
the trees.'- In motion they resembled P. atricapillus but 
v/ero rather loss animated and active. They v/oro ordinary 
ly silent and hard to find. What I took to be the song 
of the male vras a sharp che-day , dav very different from 
anj/' note of the Common Chickadee. The ordinary chirp 
of the two species is similar. 
1873. 
July 27.'’ I hoar them frequently about the house and in the 
; garden. 
Aug, 12. In the larch and spruce vroods on the Cambridge Ri¬ 
ver above the dam, those Titmice were abundant to-day. 
“ 14. Abundant in the larch and spruce xroods bordering the 
bank of the Cambridge River above the dam. 
“ 23. On Ccimbridge River above the dam it is quite as num- 
i erous, nov/, as is the Black^cap Chickadee, 
25.: I am nearly sure this species utters the te-derrv 
v/histle of the Common Chickadee and also the che-dle-doe , 
both in a slightly altered tone. 
Sept. 8. This species is abundar-.t around the shores of Rich¬ 
ardson Lake. 
22. Shot tv/o in the v/’oods on Cambridge River. None of 
the notes of this species resemble those of the Chicka¬ 
dee. The ordinary chirp is much louder and more petulant 
Another note frequently heard is a sharp chip , chee-chee , 
-Chee sometim.es preluded by a sharp clie-chit or chee-chit- 
.cMt. These notes are the only ones that I have heard. 
; The bird, hov/ovor, will sometimes give them all in rapid 
succession in a sort of sputtering song. This Titmouse 
is, on the vdiole, a more silent and less animated bird 
than the Chickadee. It keeps almost entirely to the 
firs and spruces, usually rather high up, Its flight 
is heavier, and clumsier than that of t he Qomjnon species. 
As a rule it does not associate freely with Parus atri- 
.Q-^.P.i ll'Li.s, although the two are often found near one ano¬ 
ther . 
1874. 
Sept.12. 
Shot one in perfect fall plumage. 
