220 CERULEAN CREEPER. 



according to Monsr. Viellot, is olive-brown above, 

 with a white streak over each eye, and yellowish 

 beneath, slightly tinged or undulated with rufous. 

 The young bird is green above, and beneath lon- 

 gitudinally streaked or mottled with green, yel- 

 lowish brown, and dull white. 



If the account given by Seba may be relied on, 

 the nest of this species is constructed with great 

 art and elegance ; being formed like a retort, with 

 a neck twelve inches in length: it is composed of 

 grass-stalks, &c. and lined with fine down, and is 

 suspended to the extremity of a twig, at the end of 

 a branch, with the opening downwards; the proper 

 nest or cavity being at the upper part, by which 

 contrivance this little bird, like many others which 

 inhabit the hotter climates, is, in a great degree, 

 secure from the attacks of serpents, monkies, &c. 

 Monsr. Viellot is of opinion that the supposed 

 species described by Dr. Latham under the title 

 of Yellow-Cheeked Creeper is, in reality, no other 

 than the young of the present species. 



