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Birds 



THE CEEEPER. (Cerihia familians.) 



THE CREEPEES are dispersed through most countries of 

 the globe, and feed chiefly on insects, in search of which 

 they run in a spiral direction round the stems and 

 branches of trees, with great agility. 



The Common Creeper is about five inches in length ; 

 its colour is tawny, the quills being tipped with white or 

 light brown. Its nest is formed of dry grass and bark, 

 and is placed in the hollow of some decayed tree. 



