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NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



THE FOOD HABITS OF SOME COMMON 

 NEBRASKA BIRDS. 



BY MYRON H. SWENK, 



THE BROWN CREEPER. 



(Certhia familktris americana and C. f. niontana.) 



This unobtrusive little bird is a stranger to most people al- 

 though it is really one of the commonest birds in our woods and 

 orchards during the winter. There it may be found creeping 

 up the tree trunks and over the limbs like a diminutive wood- 

 pecker, or flitting from tree to tree in search of food. No de- 



BROWN CREEPER. 



