WOODLAND BIRDS. 



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No. 112. 



BROWN CREEPER. 



Family: Certhiidse. Genus: Certhia. 



Species: C. familiarls americana. 

 Distribution: 



A winter resident of southern New England, breeding in the 



northern portions. 



Date of Arrival- 

 October. 



Date of Departure: 



Late March or April. 



General Plumage: 



Upper parts brown, marked with white and ^^ rusty " toward 

 the rump; under parts whitish. Bill and feet pale. Length 

 about 5.50. 



Song and Other Notes: 



A pleasing 'Sviry" little song and a series of "lisps" resem- 

 bling those of the Golden Crowned Kinglet, but given in four 

 almost unnoticed syllables. 



Haunts: 



General growths, elm, oak and birch. 



