238 BROWN CREEPER. 



in the manner of the American Mocking-Thrush :-. 

 feeds on insects and the sweet juices of flowers : 

 often seen with the forehead of a reddish or pur- 

 plish hue, which is said to be occasioned by ha- 

 bitually thrusting the bill into the tubes of flowers 

 which have a red or purplish farina : the tongue in 

 this species, as in many others, is penicilliform, or 

 brush-shaped at the tip. The native name of the 

 bird is said to be Neghobarra. 



BROWN CREEPER. 



Certhia fusca. C. fusca marginibus pennarum subferrugineis, sub- 



tus albofuscoque transveisim undulata. 

 Brown Creeper, with the edges of the feathers subferruginous; 



beneath undulated with brown and white. 

 Certhia fusca. C. fusca, collo lateribus albido vario, jugulo pc6~ 



toreque albo-fasciatis. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Brown Creeper. Lath. syn. 

 L'Heoro-Taire brun. Vidl. Certh. pi. 6,5. 



HABIT considerably similar to that of the Com- 

 mon European Creeper, but the size considerably 

 larger, measuring about seven inches in length : 

 colour deepish brown above, the coverts and quill- 

 feathers edged with pale ferruginous : sides of the 

 head slightly streaked or mottled with white: 

 under parts white, transversely barred or streaked 

 with brown : vent pale brown : bill rather slender, 

 and dull yellow with blackish tip : legs brown : 

 native of some of the South-Sea islands. 



