This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ...running ou the side of the tree which is nearest to the spectator, it presents a very curious appearance, as its dark-brown back and quick tripping movements give it a great resemblance to a mouse, and ever and anon, as it comes again into sight from the opposite side of the trunk, its beautifully white breast ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ...running ou the side of the tree which is nearest to the spectator, it presents a very curious appearance, as its dark-brown back and quick tripping movements give it a great resemblance to a mouse, and ever and anon, as it comes again into sight from the opposite side of the trunk, its beautifully white breast gleams suddenly in contrast with the sombre-colored bark. Its eyes are wonderfully keen, as it will discern insects of so minute a form that the human eye can hardly perceive them, and it seems to possess some instinctive mode of detecting the presence of its insect prey beneath moss or lichens, and will perseveringly bore through the substance in which they are hidden, never failing to secure them at last. The Creeper is a very timid bird; and if it is alarmed at the sight of a human being, it will either fly off to a distant tree, or will quietly slip round the.trunk of the tree on which it is running and keep itself carefully out of sight. It soon, however, gains confidence, and, provided that the spectator remains perfectly quiet, the little head and white breast may soon be seen peering anxiously round the trunk, and in a few minutes the bird will resume its progress upon the tree, and run cheerily up the bark, accompanying itself with its faint trilling song. It seldom attempts a long flight, seeming to content itself with flitting from tree to tree. The nest of the Creeper is usually made in the hollow of some decaying tree, and is composed of grasses, leaves, and vegetable fibres, and lined with feathers. The eggs are very small, about seven or eight in number, and of an ashen-gray color, sprinkled with little gray-brown spots. Sometimes it builds in the hole of an old wall, and has been known to make its nest in a disused spout....
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