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THE CONDOR 
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the stub a series of hisses came forth 
denoting young. 
We tore open one side of the stub 
and beheld a nest of nine young chick- 
adees ready to fly. They scrambled up 
young birds were counterparts of the 
adults. The male bird was calling near 
by so we patched up the stub and 
continued on our way. On the follow- 
ing day I found the young had all left 
Photo by C. Barlow. 
NESTING STL B OF THE MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE. 
(With .section removed.) 
the side of the rough wall and three 
e.scaped into the brush; while the other 
six were quieted and a photograph of 
the stub was made. In plumage the 
the nest and the loss of the mother bird 
had not proven so tragic as the reader 
may have been led to imagine. 
An examination of the nest showed 
