226 Birds of Oregon and Washington 



the Chickadees, also the Nuthatches, to close 

 fellowship with you. 



There are two varieties of the Chickadee com- 

 mon in our section, the Oregon and the Chest- 

 nut-backed. They are enough alike in their looks 

 and habits to deceive any one who does not see 

 them near to, or through a glass. But the chest- 

 nut color is sufficiently clear to mark the dis- 

 tinction, once it is seen. The "Chickadee" call is 

 not so clear in the Chestnut-backed as in the Ore- 

 gon, and neither gives so distinct an articulation 

 to this word, which gave these birds their name, 

 as does the eastern Black-capped Chickadee, of 

 which the Oregon Chickadee is the western 

 variety. 



The two varieties do not mingle much, but 

 each, after nesting, loves the company of its own 

 kind, and, as we shall see elsewhere, that of the 

 Nuthatches as well. 



THE OREGON CHICKADEE. 



PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION. Head, neck, throat, 

 and upper breast, black ; back and tail, gray ; a V-shaped 

 white section with the point at the bill, extends back to 



