CARDINAL CREEPER. 



Certhia Cardinalis. C. coccinea, alis, caudaque nigns. 



Scarlet Creeper, with black wings and tail. 



Certhia Cardinalis. C. nigra, capite collo pectore mttaque dorsi 



longitudiuali rubris. Lat/i.'ind. orn. 

 Certhia Cardinalis. C. nigra, capite, collo, pectore, et linea per 



medium dorsi longitudinem rubris, cauda cequali. Lin. Syst. 



Nat. Gmel. Viellot. Certh. t. 54. 58. 



FEM. 



Scarlet Creeper. Lath, synops. 



Certhia rubra. C. rubra, alls caudaque nigris, crisso albo. Lin. 



Syst. Nat. Gmel. 

 Certhia Cardinalis. C. ruberrima, alls caudaque nigris, abdomine 



albido. Vivar. Nat. vol. 3. t. 102. 

 Carmine-red Creeper with black wings and tail, and whitish 



belly. Nat. Misc. vol. 3. pi. 102. VidL Certh. pi. 36. 



So extremely similar to the immediately pre- 

 ceding birds as to make it doubtful whether it can 

 really be specifically different, though some spe- 

 cimens, and especially that first described by Dr. 

 Latham, are rather larger : colour bright scarlet, 

 except on the wings and tail, which are black ; 

 and in some the abdomen is of a dusky black: the 

 lores or spaces between the bill and eyes are also 

 black; and the bill and legs are of similar colour. 

 Native of the smaller South-Sea islands, and par- 

 ticularly of the island Tanna, where it is said to 

 feed in the manner of a Humming-Bird, by suck- 

 ing the nectar of flowers. 



