246 STRAIT-BILLED CREEPER. 



legs yellowish. Native of New Holland : com- 

 municated to Monsr. Viellot by Mr. Francillon. 



STRAIT-BILLED CREEPER. 



Certhia rectirostris. C. aureo-viridis, subtus flavescens, remigibits 



caudanuefuscis, pectore rubente ? 

 Gold-green Creeper, yellowish beneath, with brown quill-feathers 



and tail, and reddish ? breast. 

 Le Soui -manga a bee droit. Viell. Certh. pi. ?5. 



LENGTH about three inches and a half: habit 

 similar to that of the Collared Creeper, but the 

 bill nearly strait, or but very slightly bent: colour 

 on the upper parts bronzed green, except the quill 

 and tail-feathers, which are brown : throat olive- 

 yellow : breast dusky : belly ash-colour : beneath 

 the wings a yellow tuft: bill and legs black. Na- 

 tive region unknown. There seems to be a mis- 

 take either in the colouring or description of 

 Monsr. Viellot's figure of this bird, since, in his 

 character prefixed to the plate, he tells us the 

 breast is of a pale carmine-colour; but no such 

 appearance takes place in the figure, where that 

 part is represented of a dusky brown. 



