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CITIZEN BIRD 



very same family, but tliey had a little falling out, and 

 are not now so intimate as they were before each went 

 his own way, and acquired some different habits." 



" I thought they were alike in a good many things," 

 said Rap, "and their nests are something alike, too." 



The Chickadee 



Length about five inches. 



Upper parts ashy gray. 



Head, back of neck, and throat, shining black. 



Cheeks pure white. 



Middle of breast white; sides and belly buffy. 



A Citizen of the eastern United States. 



A Tree Trapper. 



Brown Creeper. 



THE BROWN CREEPER 



'' Another bird that, like the 

 Nuthatch, spends his days peep- 

 ing into the cracks of tree bark 

 in search of food. He is not a 

 relation of the Nuthatch, but a 

 lonely bird and the only one of 

 his family in this part of the 

 world. 



''lie does not advertise his 

 whereabouts as freely as do the 

 AVoodpeckers and other tree- 

 trunk birds, so you will have to 

 keep a sharp lookout to find him. 

 In the first place he is nearly 

 the same color as the brown 

 and gray bark upon which he 

 creeps, the white under parts 



