Birds of Canada. 
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FAMILY CERTHIADA. THE CREEPERS. 
AMERICAN CREEPER. 
Certhia americana.—The American Creeper. 
This industrious insect-hunter is a permanent 
resident of Canada. Color, above, dark brown, 
each feather streaked with white ; the under 
parts, rusty-brown ; a white streak over the eye. 
Feeds upon insects and their larvae. Nests, ina 
hollow tree; eggs, six, dark gray. 
FAMILY TROGLODYTID. THE WRENS. 
Cistothorus palustris —Long-billed Marsh Wren. 
This species lives among the rank vegetation 
growing in marshes and inlets to the lakes. Here 
it builds its nest, and lays six eggs of a deep 
chocolate color. This wren is five and a-half 
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