1871. ! 
May 30-1 
June 10.'' 
1879. I 
June 7." 
1880. 
May 27. ' 
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1882. I' 
0ct.8-22i 
1885 -^, 
March 7.’: 
50 
Parus atrieapillus. 
Maine (Lake Umbagog). 
Common but very silent and inconspicuous. Found 
tv/’o nests in birch stumps, one June v/ith five and the 
other June 9 v/ith four fresh eggs. 
Nest containing Several nev/ly hatched young, in a 
birch stump. About five feet above the ground. The 
cavity evidently excavated this year. 
A nest containing five fresh eggs. 
Very abundant during our entire stay. Found every 
v/here but usually in mixed flocks on high land. 
"Saturday I v/ent with my daught er for a day’s fish¬ 
ing. At noon we built a fire rind spread a robe on the 
ice, laying our lunch on one side v/hile vre sat on the 
other. Soon after this four Chickadees appeared, 
doubtless attraccod by the smoke. As v/o fed them they 
came nearer and nearer until they ventured on the robe 
eating out of our plates. Then one alighted on a piece 
of moat which my daughter was holding in her fingers and 
anotlier on a biscuit that I hold. They repeatedly pass¬ 
ed betv^oen rny arm and body as I lifted food to my mouth 
and oven brushed my bread with their v^ings. Finally one 
aliglited on my daughters finger grasping it fi4/inr®.ly as 
ituholped itself to the food she v/as holding. They 
eat canned boc'f, mince pie, sponge cake, bread, and, 
to my surprise, a quantity of orange pulp, although they 
paid no attention to the bright-colored peel lying on 
the ice. Yfe prolonged our lunch nearly half-an hour and 
they suayed ntil we finished. I mov/ you vyould have 
enjoyed our dinner-party. I am going out to-morrov/ to 
see if they will come again". (Extract from a letter 
v/ri11^^by^fy Hardy, March 10, 1885. The episode hap¬ 
pened Bangor, Maine ) 
