TITMICE. 



351 



Titmice. 



Small birds resembliDg Jjn^s in form. 

 Nests in holes of trees; eg-gs, 6-7, white 

 spotted with reddish. Food, chiefly small 

 insects and their eggs. Plumage, usually 

 long and tiuli'y. 



Fiff. 280 



Black-capped Chickadee. 1-3. 



386. BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE. 



Small, 5.60, gray above; w^iite beneath 

 crown and throat, black; sides, reddish, 

 especially in winter, figs. 280-281. Eastern 

 N. A., north of Potomac and Ohio Valley. 

 Note, cliick-a-dee-dee-dee, given with energ3^, 

 a short squeaking chip w^hen disturbed and 



