. American ornithology, for home and school . ily clothed as is Ross Gull which is not found south of the ArcticCircle even in winter. Our Black-capped Chickadee sings just as cheerilyon a bright winter day, with the thermometer registering ten or more de-grees less than nothing as he does in temperate heat, or when it is above thehundred mark in summer. The migration scheme, as it exists, is a perfect one; the bird life normallvwill balance the insect life. Man must not destroy this balance; even if wecannot see wherein a certain species is economically valuable, that is insuffi-cient excuse
. American ornithology, for home and school . ily clothed as is Ross Gull which is not found south of the ArcticCircle even in winter. Our Black-capped Chickadee sings just as cheerilyon a bright winter day, with the thermometer registering ten or more de-grees less than nothing as he does in temperate heat, or when it is above thehundred mark in summer. The migration scheme, as it exists, is a perfect one; the bird life normallvwill balance the insect life. Man must not destroy this balance; even if wecannot see wherein a certain species is economically valuable, that is insuffi-cient excuse for exterminating it. I have never heard the saying about partridges going crazy at certainseasons, but we remember the story of Mr. Ernest Seton Thompson as toWhy the Chickadee Goes Crazy. I think probably the partridge storyhas a similar origin; there may be crazy birds in some parts of the country,but a long acquaintance with grouse, or partridge, and Chickadees war-rants me in saying that we have level-headed ones in Massachusetts. Ed.~\. Photo by R. H. Beebe. Young Catbird. AMERIGAN ORNITHOLOGY.
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