. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. TITMICE 209 iiig R. I. Brashur BRIDLED TITMOUSE mat. size) markings about its throat suggest. CHICKADEE Penthestes atricapillus atricapillus (Li)inccns) A C). I-. \iimliiT 7.!5 See folor Tlatc 103 Other Names.— Common Chickadee : Eastern Chick- adee ; Black-capped Chickadee; Black-capped Titmouse; Black-capped Tit. General Description.— Length, 5-">4 inches. Upper I)arts, gray and hlack; under parts, white and black. No crest; bill, shorter than head ; wings, long and rounded ; tail, shorter than wing, slightly rounded. Color.— Entire cr
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. TITMICE 209 iiig R. I. Brashur BRIDLED TITMOUSE mat. size) markings about its throat suggest. CHICKADEE Penthestes atricapillus atricapillus (Li)inccns) A C). I-. \iimliiT 7.!5 See folor Tlatc 103 Other Names.— Common Chickadee : Eastern Chick- adee ; Black-capped Chickadee; Black-capped Titmouse; Black-capped Tit. General Description.— Length, 5-">4 inches. Upper I)arts, gray and hlack; under parts, white and black. No crest; bill, shorter than head ; wings, long and rounded ; tail, shorter than wing, slightly rounded. Color.— Entire crown and hindneck (except lateral portion of the latter) uniform deep black; back, shoulders, middle and lesser wing-coverts, plain olive- gray, passing into more bufify gray on rump and upper tail-coverts ; wings and tail, dusky slate color; .greater wing-coverts and secondaries, broadly edged with pale gray or .grayish-white; tail-feathers edged with olive- gray, these white on outermost feathers; chin and whole throat, black; sides of head and neck, white; under parts of body, white, the sides and Hanks tinged with buff; iris, brown. Nest and Eggs.— Nest : In deserted Woodpecker Imles, natural cavities, old stumps (preferably white birch), or fence posts; such openings are filled with leaves, moss, grasses, snugly lined with hair, fur from small animals, and feathers. Eggs ; 4 to 8, white, spotted with chestnut and lilac-gray. Distribution.— Eastern North America; north to Newfoundland, Quebec. Ontario, and southern Kee- watin ; south regularly, to about latitude 40°, in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, northern Indiana, northern Illinois. Iowa, etc., in .Mlegheny Mountains to North Carolina (in spruce belt); irregularly (in winter) to northern Virginia, Kentucky, soutliern Illinois, Missouri, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance
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