. Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds . )ting to whisper a song. Chickadee. Black-capped Titmouse. Far US atricapillus. Length. — About five and one-quarter inches. Adult. — Top of head, nape, and throat hlafk; sides of liead and neck white; backasiiy; hieast white; wing feathers and tail featliers margined with whitish ; helly and sides waslied with creamy — Sometimes built in a natural hollow of some
. Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds . )ting to whisper a song. Chickadee. Black-capped Titmouse. Far US atricapillus. Length. — About five and one-quarter inches. Adult. — Top of head, nape, and throat hlafk; sides of liead and neck white; backasiiy; hieast white; wing feathers and tail featliers margined with whitish ; helly and sides waslied with creamy — Sometimes built in a natural hollow of some tree in the woods c)r orchard; often placed in a cavity hollowed out V)y the birds themselves in a decayed birch or pine stump, and composed of moss, feathers, and other warm — Usually six or seven, but sometimes even ten ; white, and finely spotted with reddish-brown or ai)aler — Resident. The Chickadee remains in Massachusetts throughout the3ear, but is usually more commonly seen in Avinter than in 1(34 USEFUL summer. It nests in April or Ma}^ and sometimes rearstwo broods in a season. Tlie ordinary cheer}- chatteringcall, from Avhich the bird derives its name, is often varied inthe milder weather of winter and toward spring b}^ its so-called ^ phobe note, anmsical, whistling call,which by the childrenis sometimes translatedSprings come. Xowand then some peculiarlygifted male essays a junil)leslightly musical notes, whichseem to be an attempt to expressFig. , one-half ^\^^^ unconqucrable cheerfulness of uatural size. /-i • i i its nature ; but the Chickadees at-tempts at song never give verj^ brilliant results. Neverthe-less, the little bird is so happy, conipanional)le, and confidingthat in New England it is one of the most beloved of thefeathered race. AVhile, for a bird, it exhibits remarkableintelligence in many ways, it seems to confide in man to anunusual degree. It is an easy mark for the small boy withhi
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