725. LONG-BILLED MARSH WREN. S}i in. 



(Telmatodytes palustris.) 

 Brown, almost black on head, tail and between shoulders, 

 the latter streaked with white; barred only on wings and tail; 

 line over eye and middle of breast white; long bill; spluttering 

 song. Other Wrens. 



726. BROWN CREEPER. 5^ in. 



(Certhia familiaris americana.) 

 Brown finely streaked with white; silky white below; 

 long curved bill; -flies to the base of tree-trunks and works up 

 in spirals bracing with its long pointed tail; calls softly, 

 "screep, screep." Nuthatches. 



727. WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH. 5,34^ in. 



(Sitta carolinensis.) 



Ashy-blue; cap and back of the neck, black; white below; 

 constantly exploring the bark of trees; does not brace,wood- 

 pecker fashion, with its tail; note, nasal "yank, yank, yank.' ' 

 Red-breasted Nuthatch. Brown Creeper. 



728. RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH. A^i in. 



(Sitta canadensis.) 



Bluish-gray; crown and stripe through eye, black with a 

 white line over eye; below rusty-red, throat white; climbs 

 up and down and around trees; note, "cark, cark, cark." 

 White-breasted Nuthatch. 



731. TUFTED TITMOUSE. 6J4 in. 



(Baeolophus bicolor.) 

 Ashy-gray; below w^hitish; sides reddish-brown; head 

 crested; bill and band above black; loud emphatic song; 

 whistling call "peto." "Chickadee. Catbird. 



735. CHICKADEE. 5X in. 



(Penthestes atricapillus.) 



Ashy-gray; black throat and cap; white cheeks; frowzy; 

 lively; often swings head dow^nward from the tips of twigs; 

 call-note " chick-a-dee-dee' '; song musical, "pewee," con- 

 fused with note of Phcebe. 



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