. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of their various orders, with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . g at the form of their slender beak, it is difficult toimagine how it can penetrate the hard covering of an oak, for whichthey exhibit a marked preference. The Common Tree Creeper{Certhia familiar is, Fig. 188) is spread over nearly every Europeancountry, and is very conmion in France. The Wall Creeper {Ticho-droma murarius), called also Wall Climber (the grimpcreau desmurailles of French authors), owes its name to its habit of climbingthe walls of dwellings.
. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of their various orders, with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . g at the form of their slender beak, it is difficult toimagine how it can penetrate the hard covering of an oak, for whichthey exhibit a marked preference. The Common Tree Creeper{Certhia familiar is, Fig. 188) is spread over nearly every Europeancountry, and is very conmion in France. The Wall Creeper {Ticho-droma murarius), called also Wall Climber (the grimpcreau desmurailles of French authors), owes its name to its habit of climbingthe walls of dwellings. Supporting-points are not found in theirtails, as in the Woodpeckers. Grasping the tree with their claws,they assist their feet by a slight movement of the wings. They feedon insects, and lead a solitary life on the mountains, only descending 470 REPTILES AND BIRDS. into the plains with the early frosts of winter. They are founddiffused over all the south of Europe. The Piculet {Piaimmis pygnKzus) has form and habits verysimilar to the Creeper, but the beak is stronger and more boldlycurved. They are natives of Brazil and Fig. 190.—Columbian Thornbills. The Oven Birds {Fiiniarws fuligmosus, Fig. 189) live singly or inpairs in the plains of Chili, Brazil, and Guiana. They feed princi-pally on seeds, but also on insects. They take up their residencewith much confidence in the neighbourhood of mans nests are remarkable, being in the form of an oven, whencetheir name. This structure is built on trees, on palisades, or evenrocks. It is remarkable for its size when compared its architect SC7iV BIRDS. An and builder, for it measures not less than from twelve to fourteeninches in diameter; it is entirely formed of clay, and the interioris divided into two compartments by a partition, the outer and inner,the latter being that in which the female lays her eggs. Whenengaged making this birthplace for their young, the male and femalealternately bring small
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