Nests in Holes in Trees, Stumps, or Logs 



736. Carolina Chickadee : Parus carolinensus Aud. 



A Southern species of the chickadee, its smaller size being 

 the most distinctive point of difference. Length 4.06 to 4.75. 



Breeding Range From central New Jersey and Illinois southward. 

 Nesting habits and eggs similar to the preceding. 



74O. Hudsonian Chickadee: Parus hudsonicus Forst. 



Very similar to the chickadee, the principal differences be- 

 ing upper part of head brown instead of black ; back brownish 

 gray ; sides chestnut. 



Breeding Range Northward from the northern part of New Eng- 

 land, and probably in the Adirondacks. 



Nesting habits very similar to those of the chickadee. 



766. Bluebird: Sialia sialis (Linn.) 



Adult $ Upper parts intense blue ; under parts terra cotta, belly 



whitish. 



Adults Grayish blue, sides and breast lighter. Length 7.01. 

 Immature^, Bird three months old, upper parts grayish blue, 



spotted with pale gray ; wings and tail blue ; upper part of 



breast terra cotta ; the centre of each feather buffy white ; 



lower part of breast and sides terra cotta ; belly whitish. 

 Breeding Range From the Gulf States northward. The nest is 



of grass, placed in a hole in a tree or in a bird-box. 3 to 6 



pale blue, sometimes white, eggs are laid. Size .84 x .62. 



See Fig. i, Plate C. 



When the song of the Bluebird is heard, we who love not 

 the cold weather are glad, for we know that in a few weeks the 

 frost will leave the ground and the pure white flower of the 

 blpodroot will lift its leaf-encircled head from the damp, dead 

 leaves of the year that has past. But that is not our only reason 

 for gladness ; we look on the bluebird as a friend, one that spends 

 his summers near us, leaving only when the frosts of late Novem- 

 ber come to tell him that 'tis time to go south, as food is becom- 

 ing scarce. He is my favourite bird ; and while I am writing of 



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