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trees, to which it clings with its strong feet. This Bird may 
serve as an example of a group of about twenty-eight species 
which are found scattered over the Northern Hemisphere south 
of the Arctic regions. 
Its peculiar movements recall to mind another nearly allied 
English Bird, the Common Creeper (Certhia familiaris), which is 
found all over England, and has received its name from its 
Fig, 104. 

The Warty-faced Honey-sucker (Meliphaga phrygia). 
creeping motion over tree-trunks, which has been compared to 
the movement of a mouse. It has a much longer, more slender, 
and curved bill, and is a type of a group, containing about sixteen 
species, which is nearly allied to the Nuthatches. Except one 
Mexican species they are all Old-World forms and several 
ertain to Australia. 
Another set of Australian Birds are the Honey-suckers or 
Honey-eaters, which, with their long, slender, and curved bills, 
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