. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual. Birds; Birds. BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER. BLACK AND WHITE CREEPER. Mniotilta VARIA. Char. Above, black striped with white, head, wings, and tail mostly black; beneath, white, more or less striped with black. Female and young without stripes on the throat. Length 4>4 to 5J4 inches. Nest. In open woodland or pasture; placed at the foot of a tree or stump, or at the base of a moss-covered rock, sometimes in a hole; made of grass, moss, and shreds of bark, and lined with grass, hair, roots, and vege
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual. Birds; Birds. BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER. BLACK AND WHITE CREEPER. Mniotilta VARIA. Char. Above, black striped with white, head, wings, and tail mostly black; beneath, white, more or less striped with black. Female and young without stripes on the throat. Length 4>4 to 5J4 inches. Nest. In open woodland or pasture; placed at the foot of a tree or stump, or at the base of a moss-covered rock, sometimes in a hole; made of grass, moss, and shreds of bark, and lined with grass, hair, roots, and vegetable down. Eggs. 4-5; creamy white, thickly spotted with pale reddish brown; X This remarkable bird, allied to the Creepers, is another rather common summer resident in most parts of the United States, and probably migrates pretty far to the north. It arrives in Louisiana by the middle of February, visits Pennsyl- vania about the second week in April, and a week later appears in the woods of New England, protracting its stay in those countries till the beginning of October, and lingering on the southern limits of the Union a month later, so that it does not appear to be much affected by the commencement of frost, and probably at this season occasionally feeds on berries. As numbers are observed round Vera Cruz toward the com- mencement of winter, and are described as inhabiting the West India islands, it is probable they pass the extremity of the winter beyond the southern boundary of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston, Little, Brown
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