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OUR SOUTHERN BIRDS 



they are aided by their sociable way of cuddling 

 together, a number of them finding shelter in a 

 hollow limb. There they remain, fluffed out into 

 little gray puff-balls with toes hidden in their 

 feathers, no doubt holding each other's courage 

 up as w r ell as assisting each other to keep warm, 

 through storms and freezing nights and the long 

 imprisonment of sleet which is so trying to birds 

 of all kinds ; but with the first morning on which 

 the w T ind does not blow too hard they are out 

 long before sunrise, calling brightly to each 

 other over the snow, busy and merry as only 

 birds can be. 



What becomes of Chickadees 

 in summer? This question is 

 often asked by observant country 

 people who spend most of their 

 time about dooryards, orchards, 

 and fields. I have even heard a 

 superstitious old fellow declare 

 that with the coming of warm 

 weather these birds take to 



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CHICKADEE 



Length 4y 2 inches 



