Par us at r icarallus . 

 Cambridge, iiass. January birds in the Garden. 



1S99. presence - possibly because it was not noticed - but if side 

 January by side a short but spirited contest for exclusive possession 

 (Ko,2) invariably occiirred. Twice, however, I saw a Chickadee and an 

 English Sparrow, perched on the top of the suet in full view 

 of, and scarce six inches from, one another, coiitinue eating 

 for several minutes, neither bird paying the slightest appar- 

 ent attention to his vis-a- vis . On another occasion a Chicli- 

 adee and a Downy Woodpeclcer were observed eating on opposite 

 sides of the suet at the same time. The Chickadees visited 

 the suet at all hours of the day but oftenest duriiig the fore- 

 noon. I heard them give the phoebe call a few times but not 

 with much spirit. 



February birds in the Garden. 

 Almost constantly present in numoers varying fron one to 

 February, eight. When the weather was clear and mild their visits to 



the suet v?ere brief and infrequent; when cold they came to it 

 oftener and stayed longer; during the great snow storm of the 

 12th and 13th they scarcely loft it from daylight to dark. 

 On the 13th there were six in the crab apple tree most of the 

 time and sometimes as many as three feeding on opposite sides 

 of the suet at once. A fourth alighted an it for a moment 

 but did not stay. Chickadees Invariably pick at suet v/ith 

 half-opened bills. 



