BROWN CREEPER. 
726. Certhia familiaris americana. 5% inches. 
Tail feathers stiffened and pointed; rump rusty. 
These odd birds are fairly common throughout the 
United States in winter. Lney will be found in woods 
always climbing up tree trunks, carefully investigating 
every crevice in the bark for larve or erubs. When they 
reach the top of one tree, they drop ‘to the foot of the 
next and continue the operation. They are very tame, 
not seeming to comprehend that danger can befall them, 
for they will allow anyone to approach very closely, so 
that they have been caught under a hat. 
Song.—A very faint trill; call, a weak “tseep,” 
hardly noticeable unless very near them. 
Nest.—Of twigs, moss and bark, behind locse bark 
on dead trees or stumps, usually not high above the 
ground; eggs white, specked with reddish brown. 
Range.—Fastern N. A., breeding from northern New 
England and Minnesota northward; winters throughout 
the. U.S. 
