Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 121
es than that of the male. The indispensableoffice of the male reduces itself to httle more than amoment of time, while that of his mate extends overdays and weeks, if not months. 98 A Book of Natural History In migrating northward, the males precede the fe-males by eight or ten days; returning in… … Nest of the Chicadee. nut-hatches, chick-adees, and browncreepers, fall heirto them. Thesebirds, especiallythe creepers andnut-hatches, havemany of the habitsof the picidoe, butlack their powersof bill, and so areunable to excavatea nest for them-selves. Their hab-itation, therefore,is always…
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