. The birds of New Englandand adjacent states: containing descriptions of the birds of New England ... together with a history of their habitats ... ; with illustrations of many species of the birds, and accurate figures of their eggs . ightly convex; tarsus but little longer than middle toe; crown and throat gener-ally black. PARUS ATRICAPILLUS. —ZiHn<BMs. The Black-cap Titmouse; Chick-a-dee. Parus atricapilhis, Linnreus. Syst. Nat., L (1766) 341. Wilson, Am. Orn., I(1808) 134. And. Orn. Biog., TV. (1838). Paruspaliistris, Nuttall. Man., I. (1832) 79. Description. Second quill as long as t
. The birds of New Englandand adjacent states: containing descriptions of the birds of New England ... together with a history of their habitats ... ; with illustrations of many species of the birds, and accurate figures of their eggs . ightly convex; tarsus but little longer than middle toe; crown and throat gener-ally black. PARUS ATRICAPILLUS. —ZiHn<BMs. The Black-cap Titmouse; Chick-a-dee. Parus atricapilhis, Linnreus. Syst. Nat., L (1766) 341. Wilson, Am. Orn., I(1808) 134. And. Orn. Biog., TV. (1838). Paruspaliistris, Nuttall. Man., I. (1832) 79. Description. Second quill as long as the secondaries; tail very slightly rounded, lateralfeathers about ten one-hundredths shorter than middle; back brownish-ashy; top ofhead and throat black, sides of head between them white, beneath whitish; brown-ish-white on the sides; outer tail feathers, some of primaries, and secondaries con-spicuouslj margined with white. Length, five inches; wing, two and fifty one-hundredths inches; tail, two andfifty one-hundredths inches. THIS well-known little bird is a very residentof all New England throughout the year. It is oneof the very few species that are as abundant in the depths of THE BLACK-CAP TITMOUSE. 183 of thef. Hudsons Bay Titmouse, upper Titmouse, lower Sg. winter as through the summer, and it is deservedly oneof the greatest favorites. Itcommences building as early asthe second week in May. Thenest is placed in a hole exca-vated in a dead tree or hole is, like thatWoodpecker, gradually widenedat the bottom, and is about nineor ten inches in depth. Thenest is constructed of soft mossand the hairs of different ani-mals. One beautiful specimenthat I found in the northernpart of Maine is composed ofthe hair of the common deer,moose, and hare, a few feathersof the Ruffed Grouse, and a few fragments of soft are woven into a warm and comfortable tenement. The eggs are from six to ten in number, usually about^ix. They are of a n
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