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CITIZEN BIRD 



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

 are not now so intimate as tliey 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 



Lengtli al)Out five inches. 



Upper parts ashy gray. 



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



Cheeks pure wliite. 



Middle of breast white ; sides and belly buffy. 



A Citizen of the eastern United States. 



A Tree Trapper. 



Brown Creeper. 



THE BROAVN 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. 



"He does not advertise his 

 whereabouts as freely as do the 

 Woodpeckers and other tree- 

 trunk birds, so 3'ou will have to 

 keep a sharp lookout to find him. 

 In the first place he is nearl}^ 

 the same color as the brown 

 and gray bark upon which he 

 creeps, the white under j)arts 



