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disposition, being observed daily all alone 

 in various parts of the town, besides being 

 a regular patron of my suet feeding 

 stool and bird winter-garden on the porch 

 roof. 



While Chickadees will venture to feed 

 from my hand if offered seeds of sun- 

 flowers, the Acadian could not thus be 

 tempted; in fact, seeds did not appeal to 

 his taste, but he was partial to nut- 

 meats; while suet always lured him close 

 to camera, and I was enabled to secure 

 several photographs. 



However, one had to be alert in order 

 to get a snap, for the Acadian was very 

 active and seldom lingered at the suet, 

 preferring to break off a crumb and hastily 

 flit to a nearby tree to devour it. 



The rather plaintive notes of this bird 

 were so different from those of the ordin- 

 ary Chickadee that its presence could be 

 readily distinguished, even if not seen, as 

 it flitted around in the tree tops. — Clar- 

 E\'CE F. Stone, Branchport, N. Y. 



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ACADIAN CHICKADEE 

 Photographed by C. F. Stone 



