ORDER PASSERES. 349 



We distinguish, first, 



The Creepers, properly speaking. (Certhia. Cuv.) 



Thus named from their habit of climbing trees, like 

 woodpeckers, making use of their tails as a prop. 

 They may be recognized by the quills of the tail 

 being worn, and finishing in a stiff point, like that of 

 the woodpeckers. 



We have one of them, 



The European Creeper. Certh. Familiaris. Enl. 



681. 



A small bird, with whitish plumage, spotted with 

 brown above, and tinted with red on the rump and 

 tail. It nestles in the hollows of trees, and climbs 

 with rapidity, seeking insects and larvae in the clefts 

 of the bark, under the moss, &c. 



Cinnamon Creeper {Certhia Cinnamomea. Vieil. 62). 



Plumage above, wings and tail, cinnamon-colour; 

 underneath, white. 



Thorn-tailed Creeper {Motacilla Spinicauda). Syn.II. 

 PI. 52. 



Dusky reddish-bro^vn, above ; mottled-yellow on the 

 crown; shoiilders and under parts, white; tail cuneiform, 

 with the shafts projecting into long points; size of a 

 sparrow. South America. 



America produces some true creepers, of a tolera- 

 bly large size, which have been named 



