. Bulletin. Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. 8 ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY waste lands before winter is over, and in February may be seen running over bare spots in the road or fields. Perhaps you may be favoured with its tinkling, musical song if the day is sunny and it feels so BLUE JAY Birds of the Woods. In the many wooded parks and ravines in and about Toronto one is certain of seeing or hearing several kinds of winter birds. The diminutive Brown Creeper may be found probing with its sharp, curved bill into the bark-crevices of trees, from base to bough, f
. Bulletin. Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. 8 ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY waste lands before winter is over, and in February may be seen running over bare spots in the road or fields. Perhaps you may be favoured with its tinkling, musical song if the day is sunny and it feels so BLUE JAY Birds of the Woods. In the many wooded parks and ravines in and about Toronto one is certain of seeing or hearing several kinds of winter birds. The diminutive Brown Creeper may be found probing with its sharp, curved bill into the bark-crevices of trees, from base to bough, for insect eggs or "sleeping" pupae. Two species of woodpeckers, marked with black and white, may be found searching dead and infected trees and branches for grubs. The smaller, the Downy Woodpecker, is almost an exact replica of the larger, the Hairy Woodpecker; even their notes are similar except in volume. If you note a patch of red feathers on the back of the head of any individual it is the male of the species, the female having this- colourful note omitted from her plumage. You may hear the boisterous cry of the Blue Jay, which- needs no description other than its name, except that the feathers of its head form a crest. Another species which may be met with is the White- breasted Nuthatch. Its position, as it makes its jerky, zig-zag course, head foremost, down a tree trunk, may hide its white breast, but you will note the blue-gray back and the black top of its head. The Black-capped Chickadee may himself announce his name, "Chickadee-dee-dee" but, if you would solicit his intimacy, imitate his high-pitched whistle, " Pee- weedee", and he will leave his business of food-hunting and come down to see 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 Royal Ontario Museum
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