BROWN-CAPPED CHICKADEE
Penthestes hudsonicus
Similar to the Black-cap but crown dark brown; back brownish ashy.
Range. Northern New England and Canada; rarely further south in winter. Represented by three races: the Acadian Brown-capped Chickadee (P. h. littoralis) of northern New England, New Brunswick. Nova Scotia and Newfoundland; the Labrador Brown-capped Chickadee (P. h. nigricans) of Labrador, and the Hudsonian Brown-capped Chickadee (P. h. hudsonicus) of the region west of Hudson Bay.
Until recent years the Brown-capped Chickadee was rarely seen far south of its breeding range, but during several winters it has invaded New England in considerable numbers and has been found in the lower Hudson Valley, Long Island, Staten Island and northern New Jersey. At close range an experienced observer may know it by its dark brown head, while Brewster states that its "nasal, drawling, tchick, chee-day-day" at once distinguishes it from the Black-cap. All three races have been reported in these winter migrations and only expert examination of specimens can determine whether the little wanderer is from Labrador, New Brunswick, or the country west of Hudson Bay.
OLD-WORLD WARBLERS, KINGLETS AND GNATCATCHERS. FAMILY SYLVIIDÆ
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET
Regulus satrapa satrapa. [Case 2], Figs. 62, 63; [Case 4], Figs. 72, 73
Very small, olive-green birds with a flame and yellow crown-patch in the male and a yellow crown-patch in the female. L. 4.
Range. Nests from northern New England northward and, in the Alleghanies, south to North Carolina.
Washington, abundant W.V., Sept. 30-Apl. 27. Ossining, common W.V., Sept. 20-Apl. 28. Cambridge, very common T.V., not uncommon W.V., Sept. 25-Apl. 20. N. Ohio, common W.V., Sept. 26-May 4. Glen Ellyn, common T.V., irregular W.V., Sept. 19-May 8. SE. Minn., common T.V., Mch. 30-; Sept. 21-Dec. 1.