PLATE XLVI. BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER. BLACK AND 



WHITE CREEPER. 



Mniotilta varia. 



Black above, feathers much edged with white ; white stripes on the 

 crown, through the eye, and on the cheeks ; belly white with black 

 streaks on the sides ; wings black, many of the feathers edged with 

 white, and having two white, transverse bands ; tail nearly even, black 

 with some edging and spots of white ; bill and feet dark. Length, 

 5.30 inches. 



Migratory. Arrives May i, leaves early in October. Its nest is placed on the ground ; 

 often near the root ot a stump or tree. 



Dr. Coues writes : "A common bird of woodland, thicket and swamp, generally seen 

 scrambling actively about the trunks and larger branches of trees, rather like a Nuthatch 

 than like a Creeper, the tail not being used as a prop." 



A poor singer. 



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