. A catalogue of the birds of Indiana. Birds. Head of Red-breasted Nutliateh, nat. size. Rare winter resident, regular migrant, but not generally common; rare summer resident in northern part of the State ; breeds. Dr. Braylon notes its occasional breeding and Prof. Evermann thinks it breeds in Carroll County, where he obtained young just able to fly. In Franklin County I have never been able to find it throughout the winter. Generally they are to be found in some numbers in the denser woodland April 30 to May 15. They are more noisy and generally more active than the larger species. Mr. H. W.


. A catalogue of the birds of Indiana. Birds. Head of Red-breasted Nutliateh, nat. size. Rare winter resident, regular migrant, but not generally common; rare summer resident in northern part of the State ; breeds. Dr. Braylon notes its occasional breeding and Prof. Evermann thinks it breeds in Carroll County, where he obtained young just able to fly. In Franklin County I have never been able to find it throughout the winter. Generally they are to be found in some numbers in the denser woodland April 30 to May 15. They are more noisy and generally more active than the larger species. Mr. H. W. McBride has taken it as far north as Dekalb County, January 26, 1889. Subfamily Titmice. Genus PARUS Subgenus Lophophanes Kaup. "293. Parus bioolor ii'iiii. Tufted Titmodse ; "Sugar ;. Head of Tufted Titmouse, nat. size. Abundant resident in the southern part of the State, becoming rarer as one pro- ceeds northward until it is unknown as a resident about half way from Indianap- olis to the northern State line. North of its resident range it appears occasionally as a straggler, generally in autumn, spring and winter. Hon. R. Wes. McBride and Mrs. Jane L. Hine both report it as a rare visitor in Dekalb County. Mr. H. K. Coale found a pair in Starke County January 1, 1884. It is a common resi- dent in Carroll County (Evermann) ; breeds. In the collection of Dr. A. W. Brayton is a beautiful albino of this species which is quite interesting. Their oft- repeated note, " Peto-peto," is a characteristic sound about the sugar camps "in sugar time," hence the farmers in many localiiies call it "Sugar ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Butler, Amos W. (Amos William), 1860-1937. [S. l. : s. n.


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