HOOK-BILLED RED CREEPER. 



Certhia vestiaria. C. coccinea, alls caudaque nigris alula alba, 



rostro pallido. 

 Scarlet Creeper, with black wings and tail, white alulct, and pale 



bill. 

 Certhia vestiaria. C. rostro longtore iwcwrro, corpore coccineo, 



alls caudaque nigris, tcctricibus alarum macula alba. Lath. ind. 



orn. 



Certhia coccinea. C. coccinea, alls caudaque nigris. Lin. Gmel. 

 Hook-billed red Creeper. Lath. syn. 

 L'Heoro-taire. Viell. Certh. pi. 52. 



THE Hook-billed Red Creeper is a native of the 

 Sandwich Islands, and is much valued by the 

 natives on account of its plumage, which affords a 

 principal article in the red feathered mantles worn 

 by the chiefs and persons of distinction. Its size 

 is equal to that of a Sparrow, and its general 

 length about six inches; the whole bird is bright, 

 but not very deep scarlet, the wings and tail ex- 

 cepted, which are black: the smaller wing-coverts 

 are however scarlet, and the greater are tipped 

 with white : the tail-feathers are slightly pointed 

 at the extremities : the bill is moderately stout, 

 rather long in proportion to the bird, very con- 

 siderably curved, and of a pale yellow colour, as 

 are likewise the legs. 



