. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . of trees; eggs, 6 or 7, whitespotted with reddish. Food, smallinsects and their eggs. a. Chickadees. Peiitliestes. Head, not crested; plumage, softand fluffy; wings, short, rounded;CC, B, d, 1. 1-8. tail, long. 1. CHICKADEE, P. atrtcapillus. ; gray above;white beneath ; top of head and throat, black ; sides, reddish,especially in winter, fig. 255. Eastern N. A. north of thePotomac and Ohio Valleys. CommonNotes, ^Chick-a-dee-de-dee givenwith energy, a short, squeaking chirpwhen disturbed, and other low notes;along-drawn •^Cee-dee given
. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . of trees; eggs, 6 or 7, whitespotted with reddish. Food, smallinsects and their eggs. a. Chickadees. Peiitliestes. Head, not crested; plumage, softand fluffy; wings, short, rounded;CC, B, d, 1. 1-8. tail, long. 1. CHICKADEE, P. atrtcapillus. ; gray above;white beneath ; top of head and throat, black ; sides, reddish,especially in winter, fig. 255. Eastern N. A. north of thePotomac and Ohio Valleys. CommonNotes, ^Chick-a-dee-de-dee givenwith energy, a short, squeaking chirpwhen disturbed, and other low notes;along-drawn •^Cee-dee given at allseasons, often mistaken for the noteof the Phoebe, and a low, silvery song,seldom heard. Flight, wavering andunsteady. 2. CAROLINA CHICKADEE,P. CAROLiNENBis. Smaller than 1with the line of demarkation betweenthe black and white of breast verysharply defined, fig. 256. Southeast-ern States from N. J. southward. Sings more often than 1. 2*. FLORIDA CHICKADEE, P. c. impiger. Smallerand darker than 2. Lake Ashby, Fla. nearly CC, B;a, 1. 1-3. Plate 18.
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