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Birds 
THE CKEEPER. (Certhia familiaris.) 
The Creepers are dispersed through most countries of 
the globe, and feed chiefly on insects, in search of which 
they run in a spiral direction round the stems and 
branches of trees, with great agility. 
The Common Creeper is about five inches in length ; 
its colour is tawny, the quills being tipped with white or 
light brown. Its nest is formed of dry grass and bark, 
and is placed in the hollow of some decayed tree. 
