PLATE XLVI.—BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER. BLACK AND 
Wilt CREEPER: 
Mniotilta varia. 
Black above, feathers much edged with white; white stripes on the 
crown, through the eye, and on the cheeks; belly white with black 
streaks on the sides; wings black, many of the feathers edged with 
white, and having two white, transverse bands; tail nearly even, black 
with some edging and spots of white: bill and feet dark. Length, 
5.30 inches. 
Migratory. Arrives May 1, leaves early in October. Its nest is placed on the ground ; 
often near the root ol a stump or tree. 
Dr. Coues writes: ‘‘A common bird of woodland, thicket and swamp, generally seen 
scrambling actively about the trunks and larger branches of trees, rather like a Nuthatch 
than like a Creeper, the tail not being used as a prop.” 
A poor singer. 
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