BROWN CREEPER 



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Fig. 201. 

 Climbing- foot of 

 Creeper (hind toe- 

 nail elongated). 



Fig. 202. 

 Climbing' foot of 



Woodpecker 



(two toes behind 



for supporting 



body). 



goes. It often circles around 

 the trunk, in corkscrew style, 

 till it gets near the top, when 

 it shoots obliquely clown to 

 the foot of the next tree and 

 begins to rock up again. 



It is such an interesting 

 bird that we would be glad to 

 have more than a mere passing 

 woodland acquaintance with 

 it, and Doctor Mearns assures 

 us that by hanging a bit of 

 pork from the balcony we can 

 attract it to our houses. 



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Fig. 206. 

 Walking foot of Vul- 

 ture. 



Fig. 203. 

 Weak foot of Night- 

 hawk. 



Fig. 204. 

 Strong foot of Sparrow. 



Fig. 205. 

 Walking foot of Pi- 

 pit (hind toe-nail 

 elongated). 



Grasping talons of 

 Hawk. 



