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 112 THE CONDOR VoL III 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 vere 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 ly C. NESTING STUB OF THE MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE. (With section removed.) the side of the rough wall and three the nest and the loss of the mother bird escaped into the brush; while the other had not proven so tragic as the reader six were quieted and a photograph of may have been led to imagine. the stub was made. In plumage the An examination of the nest showed