. 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 . ^ more commonly seen in winter than in 164 USEFUL summer. It nests in April or Maj^ and sometimes rearstwo broods in a season. The ordinary cheery chatteringcall, from which the bird derives its name, is often varied inthe milder weather of winter and toward spring by its so-called ^ phoebe note, amusical, whistling call,which by the childrenis sometimes translatedSp
. 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 . ^ more commonly seen in winter than in 164 USEFUL summer. It nests in April or Maj^ and sometimes rearstwo broods in a season. The ordinary cheery chatteringcall, from which the bird derives its name, is often varied inthe milder weather of winter and toward spring by its so-called ^ phoebe note, amusical, whistling call,which by the childrenis sometimes translatedSprings come. Xowand then some peculiarlygifted male essays a juml)leof slightly musical notes, which■^eem to l)e an attempt to ex})ressPig. , one-haif ^j^^. uncoiKiuerable clicerfulness of natural size. its nature ; l)ut the Chickadees at-tempts at song never give verj^ brilliant results. Neverthe-less, the little bird is so happy, companionable, and confidingthat in Xew 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 lioy withhis air ffun, and numbers of these birds fall victims to theirmisplaced
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