. Birds of California; an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands, with a supplementary list of rare migrants, accidental visitants, and hypothetical subspecies . rough wall and three escaped into the plumage the young birds were counterparts of theadults. The male bird was calling near by, so wepatched up the stub and continued on our The above is the firstN. r part of an excellent ^*^ article on the Chick- adee, too long to bequoted entirely. The location of thenest of this species isusually less than fourfeet up; but one en-terpr
. Birds of California; an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands, with a supplementary list of rare migrants, accidental visitants, and hypothetical subspecies . rough wall and three escaped into the plumage the young birds were counterparts of theadults. The male bird was calling near by, so wepatched up the stub and continued on our The above is the firstN. r part of an excellent ^*^ article on the Chick- adee, too long to bequoted entirely. The location of thenest of this species isusually less than fourfeet up; but one en-terprising pair that Imyself watched at had chosen a deserted wood-pecker excavation in a dead tree,nearly forty feet from the ground. Thelocation was that of the chest-nut-backed chickadee, but I amas positive about the identificationas one can be without a gun. Inthe same grove another pair occupied a hollow stub onlytwo feet up, and so frail that a touch broke open the were three eggs in the nest when discovered, and onewas added each day until there were seven, when sittingbegan. In fourteen days the seven small Chickadees hadbroken the shells, and lay a wriggling mass of naked bird. 738. Mountain Chick-adee. The birds were very fear- 1 Chester A. Barlow, in The Condor, 1901. DUSKY, GRAY, AND SLATE-COLORED 353 life. We left the side partly open to watch the birds were very fearless, and allowed me to sit withina few feet of the nest while the young were fed. Thisenabled me to discover that the nestlings were fed by re-gurgitation until four days old, when fresh food was or not the adult digested the food I do notknow; but in every feeding for the first four days theinsects were carried to the young in the throat of theadult, and forced up when needed, accompanied by alarge amount of saliva. The young Chickadees were slow in feathering, andremained in the stub nearly three weeks; then a sponta-neous exit occurred early one June morning
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