. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada : the land birds . family, young and old,may be seen hunting together throughout the summer andwinter, and keeping up a continued mutual chatter. According to the observations of Wilson, it soon be-comes familiar in confinement, and readily makes its wayout of a wicker cage by repeated blows at the twigs. Itmay be fed on hemp-seed, cherry-stones, apple-pippins,and hickory-nuts, broken and thrown in to it. In itsnatural state, like the rest of its vicious congeners, itsometimes destroys small birds by blows on the This spe
. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada : the land birds . family, young and old,may be seen hunting together throughout the summer andwinter, and keeping up a continued mutual chatter. According to the observations of Wilson, it soon be-comes familiar in confinement, and readily makes its wayout of a wicker cage by repeated blows at the twigs. Itmay be fed on hemp-seed, cherry-stones, apple-pippins,and hickory-nuts, broken and thrown in to it. In itsnatural state, like the rest of its vicious congeners, itsometimes destroys small birds by blows on the This species is 6£ inches long, and 0 in the stretch of the , dark bluish-ash ; the front black tinged with reddish. Be-neath sullied white, except the sides under the wings, which are palereddish-brown. Legs and feet greyish blue. Bill black. Iris crest high and pointed, like that of the common Blue Jay. Tailslightly forked. Tips of the wings dusky. Tongue blunt ending in4 sharp points. Female very similar to the male. * Audubon, Orn. Biog. vol. i. p. 200. f CHICADEE, or BLACK-CAPT TITMOUSE. (Parus atrlcapillus, Li>\ Wilson, i. p. 134. pi. 8. fig. 4. Philad. Mu-seum, Xo. 73S0. Aid. pi. 353. fig. 3, 4.) Spec. Charact.— Not crested; grey, tinged with brown; the headabove and ridge of the neck as well as the throat pure black;cheeks white ; beneath brownish-white; tail 2 inches long; length5^ inches. — In the female the black is less deep, and less apparenton the throat. This familiar, hardy, and restless little bird chiefly in-habits the Northern and Middle States, as well as Canadain which it is even resident in winter around HudsonsBay, and has been met with at G2° on the North-westCoast. In all the Northern and Middle States, duringautumn and winter, families of these birds are seen chat-tering and roving through the woods, busily engaged ingleaning their multifarious food, along with the precedingspecies, Nuthatches, and Creepers, the whole formi
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