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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



A CAREWORN MOTHER 



Tkere are nine young hopefuls inside this hillow stump, and they demand 

 so much attention that they allow her little rest. 



nuthatch is the commonest species and is found 

 throughout United States and Canada from the Gulf 

 States to Central Ontario, preferring open woodlands, 

 roadsides and gardens. It is pure white beneath, except 

 for the under tail coverts which are reddish brown, and 

 bluish-gray above, the top of the head and neck being 

 shining black. In the female the black is more or less 

 veiled with gray. 



A PKRKY MEMBER OF A FAMILY OF NINE 



Tliere is no danger of race suicide -among chickadees, for large families 

 are the rule, and this one looks fully able to paddle his own canoe. 



The red-breasted nuthatch nests only in the northern 

 part of its range from northern United States to Alaska, 

 but, in winter, it wanders as far south as the Gulf 

 States. It is somewhat smaller than the white-breasted 

 species, having the entire underparts, except the throat, 

 rusty, and having a white stripe over the eye. It has a 

 partiality for pine trees but, like its white-breasted 

 cousin, it comes freely to the window for suet and sun- 



I'LANT SUXFI.OUKK.S IF VOU WOi:Ln ATTRACT THE FRIENDLY 

 CHICKADEE 



The chickadee is very fond of the seed and the flowers may be left stand- 

 inB, or the seed removed for use at the window feeding-shelf. 



AN UPSIDE-DOWN NUTHATCH 



Nuthatches travel upward and downward with equal facility and never 

 use the tack as a brace, as do the woodpeckers. 



