. Elements of zoology, to accompany the field and laboratory study of animals. Zoology. THE ENGLISH SPARRO\ 418 get far north into New England. It is regarded bj^ many as superior to the nightingale as a singer. The family of titmice includes also the nuthatches. The tits are chiefly Old-world birds, but we have a common represen- tative in the black- capped chickadee, well known from its cheerful whistle. In this family belong the nuthatches which run over tree- trunks, head up or down, indiscriminately (Fig. 384). The little brown creeper which travels over the bark of trees much as the nuth
. Elements of zoology, to accompany the field and laboratory study of animals. Zoology. THE ENGLISH SPARRO\ 418 get far north into New England. It is regarded bj^ many as superior to the nightingale as a singer. The family of titmice includes also the nuthatches. The tits are chiefly Old-world birds, but we have a common represen- tative in the black- capped chickadee, well known from its cheerful whistle. In this family belong the nuthatches which run over tree- trunks, head up or down, indiscriminately (Fig. 384). The little brown creeper which travels over the bark of trees much as the nuthatches do and uses its tail- feathers as props against the tree-trunk (Fig. 385) belongs to an allied family. The family of thrushes 1 ] , Fig. 383. — TLowse viren (Troglodytes aedort). includes several common American birds, — the robin, abundant about houses during the summer, but for the most part migrating south from New England during the winter; the wood or song thrush,'^ one of our finest songsters; the bluebird, one of the earliest of our migrants, with " the sky on its back and the earth on its ; 1 Fig. 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 Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944; Davenport, Gertrude Anna Crotty, 1866- joint author. New York, Macmillan
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