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IP LATE IX. 



THENEW ZELAND CREEPER. 



GÇNUS CERTHIA, LINN. SYST. I 84. CREEPER, PEN, GEN. BIRDS 27. 



SIZE, fomething larger than a Blackbird. 



BILL, black. 



HEAD, NECK, BREAST, ËACK, QUILL FEATHERS, ailtl 



PRIMARIES, of changeable deep green. 



COVERTS OF WINGS, firft Order, changeable green and blue; fé- 

 cond order, white. 



NECK, hind part marked with a large rich blue crefcent ; 



various flender curled white feathers ftand 

 out far beyond the reft; underneath, on 

 each fide the throat, is a bunch of white 

 curled feathers. 



COVERTS OF TAIL, a rich blue. 



TAIL, long, of a deep green. 



LEGS, black. 



PLACE, New Zeland. 



This bird changes into a variety of beautiful 

 colours, like the Humming birds, when held 

 in the Sun. I took the drawing from a ftuft 

 fpecimen in tolerable prefervation, in the 



poffeffion of MARMADUKE TUNSTALL, Efq. 



The Butterfly in the plate is a variety of the 



PAP. D. F. ENCELADUS, LINN. SYST. NAT. N° 



1 1 2 . and was likewife taken from the cabinet 



TUNSTALL. 



