they are grey in mine. He says, the Hens are 
all brown ; and> that they are seen on leafless 
ireeSi in the winter, searching for food. Mr. 
Bartram says, they arrive in Pennsylvania, 
from the South, in April ; feed on the insects 
which they find on the leaveis and buds of 
:rees; continue with them the greater part of 
he summer ; and, as he believes, breed there, 
.hough he never found any of their nests. 
|A.ccording to Catesby," concludes Edwards, 
' it can bear the winter, in Carolina, which 
.,s farther South than Penrisylvania.'* 
Bufion's account of this bird, which he 
:alls the Figuier des Sapins, or Pine Fig-Eater, 
Is as follows— "Edwards,*' says fie, calls this 
^ird the Pine-Creeper; but it does not belong 
:o that genus, though it creeps on the Fines in 
Carolina and Pennsylvania* The bills of the 
[Creepers, it is well known^ is bent like a 
;5ickle : whereas it is straight in this bird ; which 
resembles the Fig-Eaters so much, in every 
other respect, that it ought to be classed with 
ihem. Catesby is also mistaken, in ranging 
jit with the Titmice; probably, because it 
:reeps on trees* Brisson has committed an 
I oversightj 
