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OUR SOUTHERN BIRDS 



few other birds seem to have learned. He is 

 also called Devil Downhead and other odd names 

 in reference to his upside-down way of searching 



for insect food. 



He is not at all shy, and 

 will come to the very door- 

 step to eat cornbread-crambs 

 and grain. In winter he may 

 even venture into the resi- 

 dence districts of towns, 

 where he runs over the trees 

 in lawns and yards ; but with 

 the approach of warm 

 weather he becomes less fa- 

 miliar, and is not often seen 

 after the beginning of the 

 nesting season. His home is 

 hard to find; it is tucked 

 away in a hollow limb, soft- 

 ened with dead leaves and 

 lined with feathers. 



The Eed - breasted Nut- 

 hatch is one of our winter 

 visitors, but goes north with 

 the coming of warm days. 



The little Brown-headed Nuthatch is a feature 

 of the great Southern pinewoods. He gathers 

 his food chiefly among the smaller branches, but 

 carries it to the main trunk and wedges it firmly 



WHITE-BREASTED 



NUTHATCH 



Length 6 inches 



