. Birds of village and field [microform] : a bird book for beginners. Birds; Oiseaux. 352 BROWN CREEPER Fig. 208. Square tail of Vireo. Fig. 20',). Notched tail of Pine Fig. 210. Forked tail of Barn Swallow. The nest of t^ie Creeper is one to be searched for diligently, it is such an oddity in bird archi- tecture. It is tucked in under a bit of loose bark on the side of a tree trunk, where it has a ready- made Mansard roof to keep off the rain, and a cosy home of it in all respects. Good notes on the history of one of these nests would be valu- able, as the bird has been studied compar
. Birds of village and field [microform] : a bird book for beginners. Birds; Oiseaux. 352 BROWN CREEPER Fig. 208. Square tail of Vireo. Fig. 20',). Notched tail of Pine Fig. 210. Forked tail of Barn Swallow. The nest of t^ie Creeper is one to be searched for diligently, it is such an oddity in bird archi- tecture. It is tucked in under a bit of loose bark on the side of a tree trunk, where it has a ready- made Mansard roof to keep off the rain, and a cosy home of it in all respects. Good notes on the history of one of these nests would be valu- able, as the bird has been studied comparatively little. ^ The song of the Creeper is described by Mr. Brewster as exquisitely pure and tender, alter- nately rising and falling, and "dying away in an mdescribably plaintive cadence, like the soft sigh of the wind among the pine boughs," With the Creepers we complete thirteen of the families of Perching birds, and will do well to glance over the bills and feet added to our list. (See pp. 350, 351. Compare Figs. 106-121, pp. 192, 193.) We can also compare the types of. 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 Bailey, Florence Merriam, b. 1863. Toronto : McClelland & Goodchild
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