. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. the outer toe turned backward; but the nuthatch's feet have only a slight enlargement of the nails. Length, 4J; wing, 2J; tail, 1}; tarsus, |j; culmen, J. South Atlantic and Gulf States, north to Maryland ; accidentally to New York, Missouri, etc. 4. Tufted Titmouse (731. Pdmis blcolor). — A loud-voiced, conspicuously crested, gray bird of the woods, with some black on the forehead and brown o loudest notes are a constant 2Kto peto, sometimes changec de-de in some
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. the outer toe turned backward; but the nuthatch's feet have only a slight enlargement of the nails. Length, 4J; wing, 2J; tail, 1}; tarsus, |j; culmen, J. South Atlantic and Gulf States, north to Maryland ; accidentally to New York, Missouri, etc. 4. Tufted Titmouse (731. Pdmis blcolor). — A loud-voiced, conspicuously crested, gray bird of the woods, with some black on the forehead and brown o loudest notes are a constant 2Kto peto, sometimes changec de-de in somewhat less rinc tones, producing a slight imi- tation of the notes of the chickadee. It is not at all shy, and so may be readily approached. (Crested Tit.) Length, 6; wing, 3J Tufted Titmouse (3-3J) ; tail, 3 ; tarsus, |; cnlmen, |. Eastern United States north to northern New Jersey and southern Iowa; casual in southern New England ; resident throughout. The Black-crested Titmouse (732. Parus atricristaCus) differs from the last species in having the whole crest, instead of only the forehead black. It is a somewhat smaller bird. Length, 5J; wing, 2J ; tail, 2}. Southeastern Texas and eastern Mexico. 5. Chickadee (735. P^ims atri- caxMlus).—A small, black-capped, black-throated, ashy-backed bird, with the rest of the head and breast white; under parts buffy. This and the next species are much alike, but this has the greater wing coverts margined with white. Its common name expresses as closely as possible its whistled notes, chick-Ordee. If its notes are well h Chiokadee. 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 Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig), 1838-1908. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American Book Co
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