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Fig. 5. — Chipping Sparrow 



Chipping Sparrow 



Size. — Smaller than an English 

 sparrow. 



General color. — Above dark 

 brown, streaked; below grayish 

 white withovit streaks or spots. 



Distinctive features. — The red- 

 dish cap, a black line from the 

 bill through the eye, and the tm- 

 streaked breast will distinguish it. 



"I hear the sparrow's ditty 

 Anear my study door; 

 A simple song of gladness 



That winter days are o'er; 

 My heart is singing with him, 

 I love him more and more." 



— John Burroughs 



Brown Creeper 



Size. — Smaller than an English sparrow. 



General color. — Above streaked cinnamon brown ; below grayish white. 



Distinctive features. — This is the only 

 small brown bird that will be seen 

 climbing up the trunk of a tree using 

 its tail as a prop. 



"I see hereto-day one brown creeper busily 

 inspecting the pitch pines. It begins at the 

 base, and creeps rapidly upwards by starts, 

 adhering close to the bark, and shifting a 

 little from side to side often till near the top, 

 then suddenly darts off downward to the base 

 of another tree, where it reoeat^ the .«;ame 

 course. This has no black cockade, like the 

 nuthatch." — Henry D. Thoreau 



Wood Pewee 



Size. — About the size of an English 

 sparrow. 



General color. — Dark gray above; 

 gravish white below. 



L .slinciive features . — Its erect posture 

 will place it among the flycatchers. 

 Its grayer upper parts with the bill 

 pale beneath will distinguish it from the Fig. 6.— Brown Creeper 



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