TUFTED TITMOUSE 



March 20, 1895 

 (Augusta, Ga.) 



THE notes of this bird resemble so 

 closely those of the chickadee that at 

 first one cannot tell them apart. In ap- 

 pearance it bears a general resemblance to 

 the cedar bird, but is smaller and less ex- 

 quisitely colored. The titmouse has a clear 

 whistle consisting of three, sometimes 

 four, notes all on exactly the same key, and 

 without inflection or variation, a simple, 

 plain whistle, unlike the cardinal's in this. 

 It also has a more common note, a whis- 

 tle of two quickly repeated notes, the sec- 

 ond note about four notes higher than the 

 first; the two are generally given four or 

 five times in quick succession. All the tit- 

 mouse's notes seem to me to lack melody, 

 and the pathos which is as characteristic 

 of the chickadee's whistle. They are emi- 

 nently prosaic. The notes always remind 

 me of a penny whistle. 



April nth, Georgia. One feels as if 

 there was always more to learn about the 

 titmouse's notes. This morning I heard 



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