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the base, and black at the tip: the legs grey. 

 Native of New Holland, where it is said to feed on 

 bees and other -insects; to have a sharp and often 

 repeated cry, and to hop on the ground in the 

 manner of a Magpie. In another individual the 

 throat and breast were lead-coloured, and the skin 

 surrounding the eyes blue: perhaps a sexual dif- 

 ference. 



GORUCK CREEPER. 



Certhia Goruck. C. olivacea pennis albo marginatis, alis ferru* 



gineis, cauda apice alba. 

 Olive Creeper, with white-edged feathers, ferruginous wings, 



and tail tipped with white. 

 Le Go-ruck. Viell. Certh. pi. 88. 



SIZE of aThrush: length twelve or thirteen inches : 

 habit rather slender: colour dark olive, the fea- 

 thers edged with white : wings rufous-brown, the 

 secondary feathers having a violaceous cast: tail 

 dark or blackish green, slightly tipped with white : 

 bill black : tongue pencilled - y legs greenish : from 

 the bill across the eyes a reddish naked stripe. 

 Native of New Holland, where it is said to be very 

 common towards the sea coast, and to be of a 

 restless and bold disposition, feeding on insects, 

 honey, &c. often pursuing and putting to flight 

 whole droves of Blue-Bellied Parrakeets. 



