. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . Hndsonian Chickadee FAM. IV. CREEPERS 63 Length, 5[; wing, 2\ (2|-2|) ; tail, 2^ ; tarsus, | ; culmen, |. North-ern North America from northern New England and northern Micliigannorthward ; rarely south to Massachusetts. FAMILY IV. CREEPERS (CERTHflD^.) A very small family (10 species) of Old World birds, repre-sented in this country by thefollowing: 1. Brown Creeper (720. Cer-thia familiCiris americiuui). —Asmall, tree-creeping bird, withmottled-brown back, wdiite un-d
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . Hndsonian Chickadee FAM. IV. CREEPERS 63 Length, 5[; wing, 2\ (2|-2|) ; tail, 2^ ; tarsus, | ; culmen, |. North-ern North America from northern New England and northern Micliigannorthward ; rarely south to Massachusetts. FAMILY IV. CREEPERS (CERTHflD^.) A very small family (10 species) of Old World birds, repre-sented in this country by thefollowing: 1. Brown Creeper (720. Cer-thia familiCiris americiuui). —Asmall, tree-creeping bird, withmottled-brown back, wdiite un-der parts, a slender decurvedbill, and long, acute-pointed tailfeathers. The tail is used as apartial support, as in the caseof the woodpeckers; a commoniipward-creeping bird, with lit-tle fear of human the top is reached it &*ud-denly drops to the bottom, andagain begins its search for food. Brown Cr Length, ; wing, 2% (2|-2|) ; tail, 2f ; tarsus, f ; culmen, f. EasternNorth America ; breeding from Maine and Minnesota northward, andwintering as far south as the Gulf FAMILY V. MOCKING BIRDS, WRENS, ETC. () This family (150 species) of mainly American birds consistsof two widely differing subfamilies. The Mocking Birds forma group of 40 species of American singing birds, of largesize and plain colors, inhabiting mainly the bushy borders ofthe woods and other shrubbery. The tail in all cases is aslong as the wnngs, and in one of our common species muchlonger. The bill is nearly as long as the head. The Wrensform a larger group (100 species) of small, mainly American, 64 KEY AND DESCRIPTION sprightly, fearless, excitable, plain-colored birds, with theplumage more or less extensively barred with narrow darkerbands. The habit of holding the tail erect is very these birds did not mingle so many of their characteristicscolding notes with their song, they would be considered verymusical. Key to the Species * Birds under long, wit
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