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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 ly 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