TITMICE. 351 



Titmice. 



Small birds resembling Jays in form. 

 Nests in holes of trees; eggs, 6-7, white 

 spotted with reddish. Food, chiefly small 

 insects and their eggs. Plumage, usually 

 long and fluffy. 



Fig. 280 



Black-capped Chickadee. 1-3. 



386. BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE. 



Small, 5.60, gray above; white beneath 

 crown and throat, black; sides, reddish, 

 especially in winter, figs. 280-281. Eastern 

 N. A., north of Potomac and Ohio Valley. 

 Note, chick-a-dee-dee-dee, given with energy, 

 a short squeaking chip when disturbed and 



