BIRD STUDIES IN BLACK AND WHITE 



The Chickadee 



We were wending our way along a narrow country lane, 

 hedged in on either side b_v stone walls and bushes, when 

 a clear "plie-be," whistled in that high-pitched, clear tone, 

 such as only the Chickadee can produce, attracted our atten- 

 tion. A few steps more we went, and the song suddenly 

 ?eased and changed to a series of "dee-dee-dee's" uttered 





Fig. 2. NEST OP CHICKADEE. 



Part of stump removed to show the tuehr eggs,— a very un- 

 usual number. In a birch stub, barely two feet above ground. 



