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the outer toe turned backward; but the nuthatch's feet have 

 only a slight enlargement of the nails. 



Length, 4J; wing, 2J; tail, 1}; tarsus, |j ; culmen, J. South Atlantic 

 and Gulf States, north to Maryland ; accidentally to New York, Missouri, 

 etc. 



4. Tufted Titmouse (731. Pdmis blcolor). — A loud-voiced, 

 conspicuously crested, gray bird of the woods, with some black 

 on the forehead and brown o 

 loudest notes are a constant 

 2Kto peto, sometimes changec 

 de-de in somewhat less rinc 

 tones, producing a slight imi- 

 tation of the notes of 

 the chickadee. It is not 

 at all shy, and so may 

 be readily approached. 

 (Crested Tit.) 



Length, 6 ; wing, 3J Tufted Titmouse 



(3-3J) ; tail, 3 ; tarsus, | ; 



cnlmen, |. Eastern United States north to northern New Jersey and 



southern Iowa ; casual in southern New England ; resident throughout. 



The Black-crested Titmouse (732. Parus atricristaCus) differs from the 



last species in having the whole crest, 

 instead of only the forehead black. It 

 is a somewhat smaller bird. Length, 

 5J ; wing, 2J ; tail, 2}. Southeastern 

 Texas and eastern Mexico. 



5. Chickadee (735. P^ims atri- 

 caxMlus). — A small, black-capped, 

 black-throated, ashy-backed bird, 

 with the rest of the head and 

 breast white ; under parts buffy. 

 This and the next species are 

 much alike, but this has the 

 greater wing coverts margined 

 with white. Its common name expresses as closely as possible 

 its whistled notes, chick-Ordee. If its notes are well imitated. 



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Chiokadee 



