. Michigan bird life : a list of all the bird species known to occur in the State together with an outline of their classification and an account of the life history of each species, with special reference to its relation to agriculture ... . nape is reijlaced by dark gray. The seasonalchanges are slight. Length to ; inches; wing to ; tail Family 70. PARID/E. Titmice, four Michigan species may be separated as follows: KEY TO SPECIES. A. With a conspicuous crest (Fig. 148). Tufted Titmouse. No. Not crested. B, BB. B. Top of head glossy black. C,
. Michigan bird life : a list of all the bird species known to occur in the State together with an outline of their classification and an account of the life history of each species, with special reference to its relation to agriculture ... . nape is reijlaced by dark gray. The seasonalchanges are slight. Length to ; inches; wing to ; tail Family 70. PARID/E. Titmice, four Michigan species may be separated as follows: KEY TO SPECIES. A. With a conspicuous crest (Fig. 148). Tufted Titmouse. No. Not crested. B, BB. B. Top of head glossy black. C, CC. C. Outer web of wing and tail feathers white edged. Black-capped Chickadee. No. Outer web of wing and tail feathers not white edged. CarolinaChickadee. No. Top of head clear brown. Hudsonian Chickadee. No. 315. 312. Tufted Titmouse. Baeolophus bicolor (Linn.). (731) Synonyms: Tufted Tit, Tufted Chickadee, Crested Titmouse, Peto Bird.—Parus bicolor,Linn., 1700, Wils., 1808, Aud., 1831.—Lophophanes bicolor, Bonap., , and manyothers. Figure 148. The conspicuous crest (Hke the Blue Jays), the gray upper parts, soiledwhite underparts and rusty sides, combine to mark this species beyondquestion. LAND BIRDS. 693. Fig. 148. Tufted Titmouse,mounted specimen. From photograpli of(Original.) —Eastern United States to the Plains, north to southernNew Jersey and southern Iowa; casual in southern New England. Residentthroughout its breeding range. This interesting bird is confined to the southern part of the LowerPeninsula and appears to be nowhere common even there. By far thegreater number of reports areof winter specimens, and someobservers contend that the birdis a migrant and occurs only inspiing and fall, while the greatmajority of observers have failedto find the species at all. Con-sidering all the facts that we havebeen able to gather there wouldseem to be no reason to supposethat the bird migrates, but ratherthat it occurs here and there,
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