. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin . e ofbill, white; back, ashy, with an olive tinge; breast and middle belly,white; sides and lower belly, tinged with pale tawny brown; wingsand tail, dark slaty brown, most of the feathers edged with white;greater wing coverts edged with white. Sexes similar. Length, ; wing, ; tail, ; bill, .32. The Chickadee is a common resident in northern Illinois and Wis-consin and a winter visitant in southern Illinois. In addition to thefamiliar chick-a-dee-dee-dee, from which it has derived its name, theChickadee has a delightful little pee-wee whistle
. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin . e ofbill, white; back, ashy, with an olive tinge; breast and middle belly,white; sides and lower belly, tinged with pale tawny brown; wingsand tail, dark slaty brown, most of the feathers edged with white;greater wing coverts edged with white. Sexes similar. Length, ; wing, ; tail, ; bill, .32. The Chickadee is a common resident in northern Illinois and Wis-consin and a winter visitant in southern Illinois. In addition to thefamiliar chick-a-dee-dee-dee, from which it has derived its name, theChickadee has a delightful little pee-wee whistle of two high noteswhich may be suggested by playing E C of the scale softly on the flute. Breeds in April and May. The nest is in a hole in a dead stumpor tree and is composed of moss, feathers, fine grass, plant fiber, eggs are usually from 6 to 8 in number, pure white, spotted andspeckled chiefly at the larger end with shades of brown, and measureabout .60 X .47 inches. Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 699. Chickadee. 352a. Penthestes atricapillus septentrionalis (Harris).Long-tailed Chickadee. Distr.: Central North America, from the Rocky Mountains andSalt Lake Valley east to Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa, south toKansas and New Mexico, breeding northward to the Mackenzieregion and Alaska (Kenai Peninsula). Special characters: Resembles P. alricapilliis, but tail longer thanwing (in P. atricapilhts the wing and tail are about equal in length);tail feathers usually margined with white; the greater wing covertsand tertials broadly edged with white. While the Long-tailed Chickadee has been taken in Iowa andWisconsin, it does not appear to have been observed in Illinois andshould be looked for in the northwestern part of the state. Messrs. Kumlien and Hollister say: In late fall and winter typicalspecimens of this form are taken in Wisconsin, even in the southernpart of the state, but n\ore often in the northwestern portion. Anumber were taken near H
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