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THE TAWNY CREEPER. 



Tahcn near Tucotna. Photo by IV. Leon Dawson. 



NEST OF TAWNY CREEPER IN DEAD OAK TREE. 



DETAIL OF PRECEDING ILLUSTRATION. THE NEST APPEARS UNDER THE BARK 



SCALE ON THE RIGHT, AND THE WONDER IS HOW 



IT MAINT\INS ITS POSITION. 



Ijeliiiul which si.x 

 callow habies rest- 

 ed on a soft cush- 

 ion of moss, iiair 

 and hark - filler, 

 s u p p o r t e d by 

 twi.^'s criss-crossed 

 and intcr\V()\'en. 

 to take up all 

 a\ailable space be- 

 low. 



This looked 

 easy ; but the most 

 diligent search the 

 following season 

 served only to dis- 

 cover the records 

 of past years and 

 lni])eful prospects. 

 Bark scales of just 

 the right di- 

 mensions do not 

 abound, and those 

 which do 1 o (1 k 

 good prove to l)e 

 either too infinn 

 or else to have re- 

 cei\-ed the scant 

 compliment of a 

 few criss-crossed 

 sticks which mean, 

 ■'\\'c would have 

 bm'lt here, if we 

 had not 1 i 1\ e d 

 some other place 

 better." 



Not until May 

 5th, 1907. did Mr, 

 Bowles discover 

 the first eggs, five 

 speckled beauties. 



