The CtK'st '■!!*i-backed ('hur 
s! ;i j‘l<i> ••• from which s ■ ■■■• m wood has 
av, <»j to a grub of on< th. ( orambycid 
:;,i- ■ ■■ o; 1 .:;; ar.-- . m-c opportunities ;»i prospects are 
■st ; , - ■ ■ o, c ; id. Dr Brewer, writing in 1874, 
csv .jv sh«- , -y of ihe bird by i -ovusend, had to 
rgj.-.' :!••• not \ cl known. 
• : ■ ;>( the wood encountered. Tie Chickadee is 
.4'. C ■■■• ill sometimes rhi.-ri out a cavity in 
:i, i 4 .udustrj ■ i a woodpecker, or it will revel, instead, 
ovule;; branch. Or, again, with no labor at all, 
. .. . :■ Mw means of some knot-hole. But. as 
a 4 ;; !> ( f is.w--mined instance immedin«<-ly set to work 
■4.iv, i, chock full, at least to a becoming level. I 
eiik, composed of moss, fur, and feathers, which 
5 up .and as level as a board), yet the nest cup 
,-r an inch and a half in diameter, in this 
.4 cc. Mr. Milton S. Ray 1 records two instances 
< iH/ P. r. bartoicii occupied naturu 5 ' .cities 
.or 
whvn h 
>f 7 7 
v & ulvi: 01 i 
Vitc to the 
e woods am 
amishing of 
; inside, tin 
Verdin 
so; t;c the pastures may 
i Chickadee's home. But 
tion is the ancestral 
‘•i nine, are snugly 
A 
About % life size 
;ise they have so much 
From mater-color patntina by Allan Brooks 
■ h •••• 1 s ’• ,ti.:r, begins with tie; first 
naie is lavi.dds .pplied with food by her attentive 
she - ■ ;> herself lor a bit of exercise 
k ■■ . w ,. |! -aid ■>. .;! she has >nly to pull the fur coverlet snugly 
to.-:'.screw, and they are sale against chilling for a very ,con- 
u iV-nale is very brave in defense of her eggs, and frequently 
be made to leave the nest until it is broken open. In looking 
eating hole that is occupied by the bird, f have never been.able 
some being badly startled by the sudden flutter of wings and 
e cat-like hiss with which she dashes at the face of the intruder 
.if.plies an eye to the entrance of their home. When she is 
,<} vati’f,■ her complaints always bring up her mate, and then 
hop !■ -ni within two >e three feet of rhe student, of whom 
•to o. >: 41 •' in anxiety over their treasures. Their only 
