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BEOWN CEEEPER 



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FIG. 196. 

 Curved bill of 

 Brown Creeper. 



FIG. 197. 



Straight bill 



of Wren, 



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FIG. 198. 

 Hooked bill of Shrike 



FIG. 199. 

 Hooked bill of Owl. 



FIG. 200. 

 Hooked bill of Hawk. 



weight (compare Figs. 

 201-207); while his 

 tail is so sharply 

 pointed for bracing 

 at his work that it 

 places him 



with the Woodpeckers 

 and the other sharp-tailed 

 birds. (Compare Figs. 

 208-216, pp. 352, 353.) 



The Creeper's way of 

 hunting differs essentially 

 from that of the other 

 tree trunk birds. The 

 Woodpeckers hop up a 

 trunk and may back 

 down if they wish to re- 

 trace their steps ; the Nut- 

 hatch goes head down ; 

 the Black and White 

 Creeper zigzags up a 

 trunk,hopping gayly 

 along, branching off 

 as his fancy dic- 

 tates ; but the Brown 

 Creeper rocks se- 

 dately up the bole, 

 getting its insect 

 and larva? dinner in 

 formal fashion as it 



