254 ORANGE-BACKED CREEPER. 



of which it is not very improbable that it may be 

 a young or unadvanced bird, in its first year's 

 plumage: yet the crested appearance of the head 

 and some other particulars are against this sup- 

 position. Native of New Holland. 



VAR. ? 

 COCHINEAL CREEPER. 



Size of the preceding: general colour crimson, 

 but the under parts from the breast white : on the 

 red part of the breast six black spots : on the be- 

 ginning of the back a large black spot ; a second 

 below it, and some smaller ones on the rump : 

 from the bill, through the eyes, a black streak: 

 wjngs and tail black, the latter very short: bill 

 black; legs brown. Native of New Holland. 



ORANGE-BACKED CREEPER. 



Certhia cautillans. C. ccerulescente-grisea, dorso supremo macula 



corporeque subtusjla-co. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Blue-grey Creeper, with the breast, belly, and a spot on the upper 



part of the back orange-yellow. 

 Orange-backed Creeper. Lath, suppl. 

 Le Grimpereau siffleur de la Chine. Sonn. Ind. 2. p. 210. 



pi. 117- 



SIZE of the Red-backed Creeper: described by 

 Dr. Latham from Sonnerat. Native of China. 



