CERTHIADZ. 259 
some woodwork and the matting of a summer- 
house. 
The Creeper is very unlike the Woodpeckers in 
the formation of its beak, which is long, narrow and 
considerably curved downwards; the upper man- 
dible is dark horn-colour, the lower dull white; the 
irides dark hazel; the head and back of the neck are 
dark brown, streaked with light yellowish brown and 
dirty white, the lightest part being a very narrow 
streak in the centre and the tip of each feather; 
cheeks and ear-coverts the same; there is a small 
light streak over the eye; the back and scapulars 
are yellowish brown, each feather streaked with dirty 
white; the lesser wing-coverts are very dark brown, 
almost black, each feather tipped with buff; the 
greater coverts are the same, but the tips are lighter; 
the rump and tail-coverts are light reddish brown; 
the primary quills are dusky, tipped and barred on 
the outer web with dull white; secondaries the same, 
but barred with a brighter colour, inclining to buff; 
the tertials are greyish, with a light, nearly white, tip 
to each feather and a long dusky spot on the outer 
web; all the under parts are a dull smoky white. 
The egg is white, spotted with orange-red, very 
like that of some of the Tits. 
Hooror, Upupa epops. This is an occasional 
summer visitant, rare indeed in this county, so much 
so that I can find no recorded instance of its cap- 
ture or occurrence: indeed I hardly feel justified in 
