Rural School Leaflet 



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Does the chickadee find its food on the trunks of trees or on the twigs? 

 What is the food that it finds in the North during the winter? 



Describe the chickadee's actions when hunting for food. 



Why is the chickadee of great value to the farmer and the fruit grower? 



How can these birds be induced to visit orchards? 



What is the chickadee's song? Did you ever hear it sing phcebe? At 

 what time of year? 



Where do the chickadees build their nest? Of what material is it 

 made? When is the nest built? 



What colors and marking are on the eggs? 



BIRDS TO BE RECOGNIZED IN 1915-1916 



Arthur A. Allen 



TWO WINTER BIRDS 2 



KINGLET 



Size. — Much smaller than the English sparrow. 



General color. — Olive-green above, whitish below. 



Distinctive features. — The male golden-crowned kinglet has an orange 

 and yellow patch bordered with black 

 on top of the head; the female lacks 

 the orange. The male ruby-crowned 

 kinglet has a partly concealed red 

 patch on top of the head, which can 

 be seen plainly when he sings; the 

 female is without the patch. Both 

 have two white wing bars. These 

 points and the small size, will serve 

 to distinguish the kinglets. 



The smallest of all the winter birds 

 are the kinglets. They are but four 

 inches long, and the only birds that are 

 smaller, are the htmiming birds. With 

 their thick coats of warm feathers, 

 the golden-crowned kinglets brave 

 even the severest winters, although 

 they always prefer the shelter 

 afforded by the evergreens, and are 



seldom found far from them. They hop about on the smallest twigs, or 

 even hover before the very tips, much as do humming birds before flowers. 



'Among the other birds to be recognized the brown creeper, the crow, and certain of the hawks are 

 also winter birds. 



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Rubv-crowned kindet 



