*ja 



CREEPER. 



RED-BACKED 

 CR. 



Le Gnmpereaa a Dos rouge de la Chine, Ssx, Voy. InL vol. ii. p. 209. 

 pi. 117. f. I. 



Description, HpHlS is probably the leaft of its race, being only three inches 

 in length. The bill is a trifle bent, and black : irides red : 

 the top of the head, hind neck, back, and rump, are crimfon : 

 from the noftrils a black band pafles through the eye to the wing^t 

 the throat, breafl:, and belly, are rufous white :, the wing coverts 

 dark green, almofl: black: quills, tail, and legs, black. Afpeci- 

 men is in the colleftion of Sir Jafeph Banks, which came from 

 China. I obferve it alfo among the Indian drawings of Lady 

 Impey» 



56. 

 ORANGE- 

 BACKED CR. 



Description. 



Place. 



Le Grlmpereau fiffleur de la Chine, Son. Voy. Ind.vdi. ii. p. 210. pi. 117-.^ 

 f. 2. 



CIZE of the laft. Bill and irides the fame : the upper parts of 

 the plumage are blue-grey : throat and fore part of the neck 

 the fame, but paler : on the upper part of the back is a fpot of 

 orange yellow : the breaft and belly are alfo orange yellow : tha 

 vent pale yellow : legs blacks 

 Inhabits China ^ 



S7- 

 TUFTED CR. 



Desgription. 



Place. 



T ENGTH four inches. Bill black, incurvated : head, neck,, 

 and back, deep olive; the feathers edged with dufky : prime 

 quills brown : belly and tail black : on each fide of the breaft a^ 

 tuft of yellow feathers : legs blacks 

 Inhabits Bengal, 



SIZE 



