TITMICE 



fihcM's, HiumI willi plant down and iVatliors 

 and otlu^r soft materials. Wlicn the wintry 

 l)lasts have cleared the trees of leaves their 

 nests may be fonnd everywhere along woods 

 roads where they have remained well hidden 

 among the greenery during the nesting season. 



FAMILY PARIDM: TITMICE 



, Oregon chickadee, Penthestes atricapil- 

 lusoccidentalis. 5.00 



Distribution: Pacific Coast district from 

 Alaska to California west of the Cascade 

 Mountains. Three closely allied species 

 include the long-tailed chickadee of western 

 North America from Alaska south to eastern 

 Oregon; mountain chickadee, found from 

 central British Columbia south to southern 

 California and Arizona; and the Bailey 

 mountain chickadee, breeding in the moun- 

 tains of southern Oregon, eastern California, 

 to Lower California. 



The Oregon chickadee is found everywhere 

 in its range from sea level to high mountains. 

 It seems equally common in coniferous 

 timber and mixed woods. Its fi^vorite haunts 

 are thickets of vine maple and alder along 

 streams, brushy hillsides grown up to dog- 

 wood and hazel, or the borders of woods 

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