TREE-CREEPER 



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big enough to slip in and out of, remains. The nest scarcely deserves the 

 name, since it consists only of a few dead leaves, and thin strips of pine or 

 other bark thrown loosely on 

 top of each other. 





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Another bird 

 Tree-Creeper. 



resembling in 



some ways the tits is the 

 tree-creeper (Certhia famili- 

 aris), a woodland species 

 which is often seen in gardens 

 and orchards. It is distri- 

 buted throughout Europe, 

 and Asia north of the Himalaya to the far east; and during migration visits 

 north-west Africa, but is resident over a wide area, including the British Isles 



A PAIR OF NUTHATCHES. 



