BIRD PARADISE 51 



of the woodpecker as well as an appearance in 

 color of plumage very similar. The fellow has a 

 way of locating his nest in a crevice that often is 

 not very secure. His song is a pleasant warble 

 that is not easy to put into words. The worm- 

 eating warbler is a bird of about the same size as 

 the creeper, and is very similar in its habits. It 

 is easy to confound the two if we have only a 

 distant view of them. Sitting in my friend's 

 house in Holland Patent last week, I heard the 

 call note of the brown creeper. Turning to the 

 window, there the little fellow was on the trunk 

 of a tree not more than six feet from where I was 

 sitting. His movements were not very rapid, and 

 he did not seem in the least disturbed by his 

 proximity to the human brother. His spring at- 

 tire, neat and clean, gave him a very attractive 

 appearance, while his gentle manners recom- 

 mended him as a bird well worth knowing. How 

 easily he traversed the trunk of the old tree. 

 Bound and round he went, working his way up 

 to the branches — a model of diligence and easy 

 familiarity. His first cousin, the worm-eating 

 warbler, is quicker in his movements and wears 

 a little brighter dress. I never have seen the fel- 

 low's nest, but am told that he places it on the 

 ground, in general appearance much like that of 



