. Amerikanische Ornithologie, für Zuhause und Schule. Kommt dort häufig für Essen. Sie zeigten bald keine Angst und würden sehr nahe bei mir anzünden. Eines Morgens, als ich ihnen ihren üblichen Vorrat an Samen brachte, traf einer von ihnen mich und wiih anscheinend keine Furcht oder Zögern auf meine Hand, nahm einen Samen und flog davon. Ich blieb so ruhig wie möglich und er kam mehrmals zu meiner Hand, um Samen zu bekommen. Es war interessant, ihn auf meinem Finger zu sehen, einen Samen von meiner Hand zu schnappen und zu einem Zweig in der Nähe zu fliegen, wo er es wohltäthseine Zehen halten und mit seinem kleinen Schnabel hämmern würde, Blue Jay Mode, bis hecould g
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. American ornithology, for home and school . coming therefrequently for food. They soon showed no fear and would alight verynear me. One morning as I was bringing them their usual supply ofseeds one of them met me and wiih apparently no fear or hesitationalighted upon my hand, took a seed and flew away. I remained asquiet as possible and he came to my hand several times for seeds. Itwas interesting to watch him perch upon my finger, snatch a seed frommy hand and fly to a branch near by where he would hold it beneathhis toes and hammer it with his little bill, Blue Jay fashion, until hecould get the meat. I soon made arrangements for photographingthese birds. When the necessary arrangements had been made I re-moved the sun flower seeds from the places in which they had beenaccustomed to find them and seated myself near by holding some ofthe seeds in my hand. At first they flew around me apparently some-what disappointed from finding the seeds removed. Finally one camequite near to me and soon alighted upon my cap. He soon left my. 302 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. cap and flew to my knee where he immediately began searching forseeds as he climbed toward my hands turning his head and looking atme with an inquiring expression in his bright little eyes and seemingto say, Where are those Seeds? While each of the three Chickadees were quite tame only one ofthem could be depended upon to alight upon the hand. The other twohave taken food from my hand occasionally when prevented by incle-ment weather from obtaining their natural food. The tamest one ofthese birds comes quite regularly each day to the window and calls tome with a series of chick-a-dees, liquid gurgles, and strange chuck-ling notes until I bring him food, when he will come to my hand assoon as I open the door. Once after eating from a piece of suetwhich I held in my hand he flew to a branch near by, when I placed themeat in my pocket and held out my empty hand to him. He soonperched upon it and evidently taking my f
