Parus atricapillus. Maine (Lake Umbagog). copy 1 1871. May 30- June 10. Common but very silent and inconspicuous. Found two nests in birch stumps, one June with five and the other June 9 with four fresh eggs. 1879. June 7. Nest containing several newly hatched young, in a birch stump. About five feet above the ground. The cavity evidently excavated this year. 1880. May 27. A nest containing five fresh eggs. 1882. Oct. 8-22. Very abundant during our entire stay. Found every where but usually in mixed flocks on high land. 1885. March 7. “Saturday I went with my daughter for a day’s fish- ing. At noon we built a fire and spread a robe on the ice, laying our lunch on one side while we sat on the other. Soon after this four Chickadees appeared, doubtless attracted by the smoke. As we 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 meat which my daughter was holding in her fingers and another on a biscuit that I held. They repeatedly pass- ed between my arm and body as I lifted food to my mouth and even brushed my bread with their wings. Finally one alighted on my daughters finger grasping it firmly as it helped itself to the food she was holding. They eat canned beef, mince pie, sponge cake, bread, and, to my surprise, a quantity of orange pulp, although they paid no attention to the bright-colored pool lying on the ice. We prolonged our lunch nearly half-an hour and they stayed until we finished. I know you would have enjoyed our dinner-party. I am going out to-morrow to see if they will come again”. (Extract from a letter written by Manly Hardy, March 10, 1885. The episode hap- pened near Bangor, Maine). about 8 miles from on Holbrook's Pond // 76