. Birds of North Carolina . buff; rump palerufous; tail pale grayish brown; a bund of cream-buff tln-ough all but outer wing-featliers; billcurved; tail-feathers stiffened and sharply pointed; underparts white. L., ; W., ; T.,; B., .63. {Chap., Birds of E. N. A.) Range.—Eastern North America, breeding mainly north of the United States. Range in North Carolina.—Whole State in winter, and breeds on the higher mountains. 320 BiKIlS OF XOHTH Except on tlic highest mountains, the Brown Creeper is only a winter visitor inNorth CaroHna, arriving early in October and leaving abo
. Birds of North Carolina . buff; rump palerufous; tail pale grayish brown; a bund of cream-buff tln-ough all but outer wing-featliers; billcurved; tail-feathers stiffened and sharply pointed; underparts white. L., ; W., ; T.,; B., .63. {Chap., Birds of E. N. A.) Range.—Eastern North America, breeding mainly north of the United States. Range in North Carolina.—Whole State in winter, and breeds on the higher mountains. 320 BiKIlS OF XOHTH Except on tlic highest mountains, the Brown Creeper is only a winter visitor inNorth CaroHna, arriving early in October and leaving about the middle of parts of the mountain refi;ion it resides throughout the year, breeding on thehigher ranges and wintering in the valleys. Hhoads observed it on Roan Mountainin June, 1895; Brewster on Black Mountain and near Highlands in late jNIay,1884; and Feild and Bruner saw young birds on Grandfather Mountain June 24,1911. It was also seen by C. S. Brimley at Double Spring Gap, Haywood County,May 25, Fio. 262. Brown Ciu;f:rf;R. According to Cairns, they nest in Buncombe County iii May, selecting knot-holesand natural cavities of trees for the purpose. Five or six eggs are laid. LeMoynefound a nest May 15, 18SG, behind the loose bark in the dead top of a spruce intlie Great Smoky Mountains, just across the Tennessee border from Nortii Carolina. Desckiptive List 321 It was composed of a mass of lichens, moss, feathers, grass, and a few eggs were five in number, much resemljling those of the Chickadee, but slightlysmaller. Another set of six, brought to him by a lad and said to have l^een foundin a nest placed in the crevice of one of the logs of a fence, were profusely spottedwith browii spots. Size .59 x .47. (See Notes on Some Birds of the Great SmokyMountains, Ornithologist and Oologist, Dec, 1886, p. 179.) This is a curious little bird which uses its stiff tail-feathers for support whileclimbing trees, much after the manner of a woodpecke
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