. Bird-life: a guide to the study of our common birds . estern races are found in the Eocky Mountainregion and Sierra Madres. Our eastern bird migratessouthward late in September, and from that date untilApril it may be found from Massachusetts to Florida. The Creeper, like a Woodpecker, never climbs headdownward, but, using his stiff, pointed tail-feathers (seeFig. 3 5) as a prop, winds rapidly up the trunks of treesin his apparently never-ending search for insects eggsand larvae hidden in crevices in the bark. If the Wrensare the most active birds, the Creeper is the most dili-gent. Except w
. Bird-life: a guide to the study of our common birds . estern races are found in the Eocky Mountainregion and Sierra Madres. Our eastern bird migratessouthward late in September, and from that date untilApril it may be found from Massachusetts to Florida. The Creeper, like a Woodpecker, never climbs headdownward, but, using his stiff, pointed tail-feathers (seeFig. 3 5) as a prop, winds rapidly up the trunks of treesin his apparently never-ending search for insects eggsand larvae hidden in crevices in the bark. If the Wrensare the most active birds, the Creeper is the most dili-gent. Except when it was stopping to secure some tid-bit, I can not remember seeing a Creeper resting. Heusually begins at the base of a tree and climbs in a seri-ous, intent way for a certain distance, and then, withouta moments pause, drops down to the bottom of the nexttree and continues his search. The Creepers only notes while with us are a thin,fine squeak; but Mr. Brewster tells us that during thenesting season he has an exquisitely tender song of Plate LXXIL aoLDEN-CEOWNED KINGLET. Pages 181, 182. Length, 4-05 inches. Male, crown orange, yellow, and blaok ; backolive-green ; under parts whitish. Female, similar, but crown withoutorange. RTJBY-CROWNED KINGLET. Length, 4-40 inches. Adult male, crown-patch ruby ; back olive-green;under parts whitish. Adult female and young, similar, but no crown-patch. CHIOKADBB. 1^9 Titmice and Nuthatches. (Family Paeid^.) Comparing the Titmice witli the Nuthatches, theformer may be described as short-billed birds with longtails who do not creep, the latter as long-billed birdswith short tails who do creep. The two groups are, infact, quite distinct, and by some systematists are placedin separate families. The Titmice number some seventy-five species, four of which are found in eastern North America. The Chickadee commonest and most generally distrib- Parus atricapuius. uted is the Black-capped Chickadee, Plate Lxx. -^vhich is found from La
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