352 



.TITMICE. 



other low conversational notes, a long 

 drawn cee~dee (given at all seasons, and 

 often mistaken for the notes of the Phoebe), 

 and a low, silvery song seldom heard. Flight, 

 wavering and unsteady. Nests, often placed 

 in hole of decaying birches. 



Fig. 281 



Black-capped Chickadee. 



CAROLINA CHICAKDEE. 



Smaller than last with line of demark- 

 ation between black and white of breast 

 more sharply defined, fig. 282. Southern 

 States from N. Y. southward. Sings silvery 

 song more often than last. 



