. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. Bird Study 67 inflection to the first syllable and a long, falling inflection to the last, which makes it a very difEerent song from the short, jerky notes of the phoebe-bird, which cuts the last syllable short and gives it a rising in- flection. More than this, the chickadee has some chatty conversational notes, and now and then performs a bewitching little yodle, which is a fit expression of its own delicious personality. The general effect of the colors of the chicka- dee is grayis
. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. Bird Study 67 inflection to the first syllable and a long, falling inflection to the last, which makes it a very difEerent song from the short, jerky notes of the phoebe-bird, which cuts the last syllable short and gives it a rising in- flection. More than this, the chickadee has some chatty conversational notes, and now and then performs a bewitching little yodle, which is a fit expression of its own delicious personality. The general effect of the colors of the chicka- dee is grayish brown above and grayish white below. The top of the head is black, the sides white, and it has a seductive little black bib under its chin. The back is grayish, the wings and tail are dark gray, the feathers having white margins. The breast is grayish white changing to b u fE or brownish at the sides and below. It is often called the "Black-capped Titmoust," and it may always be distin- guished by black cap and black bib. It is smaller than the English sparrow; its beak is a sharp little pick just fitted for taking insect eggs off twigs and from under bark. Insects are obligied to pass the winter in some stage of their existence, and many of them wisely remain in the egg until there is something worth doing in the way of eating. These eggs are glued fast to the food trees by the mother insect and thus provides abundant food for the chickadees. It has been estimated that one chickadee will destroy several hundred insect eggs in one day, and it has been proven that orchards frequented by these birds are much more free from insect pests than other orchards in the same locality. They can be enticed into orchards by putting up beef fat or bones and thus we can secure their valuable service. In summer these birds attack caterpillars and other insects. When it comes to nest building, if the chickadees cannot find a house to rent they proceed to dig out a proper hole from s
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