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CERTHIAD^E. 



INSESSORES. 



SCANSORES. 



CERTHIADM. 



THE COMMON CREEPER. 



Certhia familiaris. 



Certliiafamiliaris, Familiar Creeper, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 345. 



Common MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



The BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 152. 



Common FLEM. Brit. An. p. 88. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 388. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 152. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Le Grimpereau, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 410. 



CEKTHIA. Generic Characters. Beak of moderate length, curved down- 

 wards, slender, and pointed; tongue short; nostrils basal, lateral, the 

 orifice longitudinal, elongated, partly covered by a membrane. Wings of 

 moderate length; the first feather very short, the fourth feather the longest 

 in the wing. Tail-feathers long, stiff, pointed, and slightly curved down- 



