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ish gray below, it is barred with dusky brown on wings 

 and tail. It nests in a hole, and is found in wooded 

 America east of the plains, north to Saskatchewan. Ottawa 

 and Maine. 



Chickadee {Penthestes atricapillus) . This cheerful little 

 bird is five and a half inches long. Its cap and throat are 



Common House Wren. 



Robin. 



Chickadee. 



black. Its upper parts are gray, its under parts brownish, 

 its cheeks white, no streaks anywhere. It does not migrate, 

 so it is well known in the winter woods of eastern America 

 up to the Canadian region where the Brown-Capped or 

 Hudson Chickadee takes its place. Its famiUar song 

 chickadee dee dee has given it its name. 



Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelinus). About eight 



