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CHIRPING CREEPER. 



Certhia pipilans. C. fusco-mresccns subtus fiavicans, femoribus 

 albo fuscoque fasciatis, remigibus rectricibusquc fuscis. Lath, 

 ind. orn. suppt. 



Greenish-brown Creeper, yellowish beneath, with brown wings 

 and tail, and thighs barred with brown and white. 



Chirping Creeper. Lath, suppl. 2. 



SIZE of a Nightingale: bill slender and black: 

 irides blue: legs brown. Native of New Holland. 



HOARY CREEPER. 



Certhia canescens. C. griseo-cinerea subtvs rufo-alba, pcctort 

 roseo-purpurascente, remigibus rectricibusque obscuris. Lath* 

 ind. orn. suppl. 



Slate-coloured Creeper, rufous-white beneath, with rose-purplish 

 breast, and dusky wings and tail. 



Hoary Creeper. Lath. syn. suppl. 2. 



LENGTH eight inches : bill stout and black : 

 quills and tail dusky, with a few white markings on 

 the wing-coverts. Native of New Holland. 



