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branches with surprising ease. If any person be 
near when he alights, he is sure to keep the opposite 
side of the tree, moving round as he moves, so as 
to prevent him from getting more than a transient 
glimpse of him. 
“ 6 The best method of outwitting him, if you are 
alone, is as soon as he alights and disappears behind 
the trunk to take your stand behind an adjoining 
one, and keep a sharp lookout twenty or thirty feet 
up the body of the tree he is on ; for he generally 
mounts very regularly to a considerable height, ex- 
amining the whole way as he advances. In a min- 
ute or two, hearing all still, he will make his appear- 
ance on one side or other of the tree, and give you 
an opportunity of observing him/ 
“We will now consider some of the brown creep- 
er’s friends,” continued Miss 
Harson ; “ and first comes 
the titmouse or chickadee 
(Fig. 23), who has the 
advantage of the brown 
creeper in length by about 
half an inch, and is also 
much plumper in body. Look at this fat little 
fellow on the twig!” 
He was duly admired, with his bright eye and ac- 
