152 KEY TO NUTHATCHES AND TITMICE 



hatches, Blue Jays, and other familiar species, 

 glean their portion from the refuse of the table." 

 As the Titmice, like other Chickadees, nest in 

 cavities in trees, they can readily be induced 

 to live in bird-houses provided for them. They 

 find plenty of food in winter, as they live not 

 only on acorns, which they take under their claws 

 and hammer open, but also find a store of food in 

 the eggs, larvae, and chrysalids of insects that 

 live on bark and branches. 



Key to Nuthatches and Titmice. 



1. Back bluish gray ; tail short. Found on tree trunks. 



2. Under parts reddish brown ; crown black ; side of 

 head with black and white lines from bill to nape. 

 Migrant ... p. 76. RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH. 



2'. Under parts white ; crown black ; sides of head with- 

 out lines . . p. 73. WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH. 



V. Back dull gray ; tail long. Found on branches. 



3. Head crested ; crown and throat not black.- Song, 

 pe-to, pe-to, pe-to ... p. 151. TUFTED TITMOUSE. 



3'. Head not crested ; crown and throat black. 

 4. Wings and tail edged with white. Northern. 



p. 67. CHICKADEE. 



4'. Wings and tail not edged with white. 



p. 71. CAROLINA CHICKADEE. 



