FAMILY OF CREEI’ICRS.

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distinguished by its more slender form, its short cut tail, wedge—shaped head7 and harsh7 rickety voice. Its color is clear ashy—blue above, and reddish-brown below, crown black, and white band over the eye. ’l‘hese birds have the peculiar habit of fastening a nut or seed in a Chink of a tree, and then peckingr it to pieces at their leisure. From this their name is derived. When early spring suns begin to warm the dark fir wood, the Nuthatches will mount the tallest sum- mit, and, hitching round and round in an excited manner, rattle out their harsh little notes, like a perfect scolding frolic. Their mode of nesting is similar to the Chickadces’. Some seasons they are rare with us; in 1889 they were very com»

mon, exceedinsr the Chickadees in number. My».

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The Brown Creeper (Cert/lid famz'lz'm'z'x) is a small, brown bird, streaked and spotted with white, somewhat resembling the Woodpeckcrs in

its manners and habits. It lives on insects which