NAME - Chicadee, Carolina A.O.U.NO.- 736 

 (Penthestes carol inensis ) ** 



DATE - May 7» 193^ 



NO. - 3 " -'^Mil 



INCUBATION - Fresh 



qT , 7wq 0.58 x 0.^3 0.56 x 0.4-5 

 SIZES- 0.56 x O.kk 



SITUATION - I had discovered this nest about 

 a week before when it had only three eggs and 

 came back on the above date to find four eggs 

 and the bird had apparently deserted. Unfor- 

 tunately, I broke one of the four while trying 

 to blow it. 



In any event, the nest, was in a 

 fencepost along the edge of a wood and was 

 about k' from the ground. The entrance hole 

 was a little over an inch in diameter and the 

 cavity was about 6" deep and 2|" wide at the 

 bottom. Nesting materials consisted of fine 

 grasses, hair, fur, moss and plant dowm 



The three small fresh, pointed 

 eggs wre white with reddish brown dots and 

 spots, numerous enogh to form a wreath around 

 the larger end. 



Near Lynchburg, Va. 



** (Parus carolinensis) A.O.U. Checklist 



1983 



