BLACK-CAPPED TITMOUSE. CHICKADEE. 
(Pa’rus atricapil/lus.) 
ROWN and nape, with chin and throat black, separated 
by white sides of the head. Upper parts brownish ash 
with slight olive tinge. Under parts white or whitish 
shaded on the sides with a brownish rusty wash. 
Wings and tail like upper parts, the feathers edged with 
hoary white. 
Eastern North America from the middle States northwarc. 
Nest in holes of trees, stumps, or fences, natural or exca- 
vated by the bird; of hair, grasses, mosses, fur, feathers, etc.; 
eggs, six to eight white, fully sprinkled with reddish brown dots 
and spots. A hardy bird; four to five inches; not migratory. 
“T desire the ‘table’ to be the most prominent part 
of every lesson, as that gives accurate scientific inform- 
ation,” Miss Sweet remarked, as the pupils were quietly 
preparing for work, ‘“‘so every lesson begins with it. 
We begin to-day with the Chickadee. I have selected 
the following birds for our coming lessons. Their 
names are familiar to us all, even if we have not been 
properly introduced to them in Birdland, as I hope we 
may be before we finish our lessons. I have arranged 
them, as nearly as possible, in the order of their coming: 
Chickadee, Redwing Blackbird, 
Cuckoo, Killdeer Plover, 
Belted Kingfisher, Song Sparrow, 
Bluebird, Barn Swallow, 
Robin, Wood Pewee. 
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