Birds of Canada. 37 



FAMILY CERTHIAD^. THE CREEPERS. 



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AMERICAN CREEPER. 



CcrtJiia americana. The American Creeper. 



This industrious insect-hunter is a permanent 

 resident of Canada. Color, above, dark brown, 

 each feather streaked with white ; the under 

 parts, rusty-brown ; a white streak over the eye. 

 Feeds upon insects and their larvae. Nests, in a 

 hollow tree ; eggs, six, dark gray. 



FAMILY TROGLODYTID^E. THE WRENS. 



Cistothorus palustris. Long-billed Marsh Wren. 



This species lives among the rank vegetation 

 growing in marshes and inlets to the lakes. Here 

 it builds its nest, and lays six eggs of a deep 

 chocolate color. This wren is five and a-half 



