354 CLASS AVES. 



Cardinal Creeper. (Cer. Cardinalis. Id. 54, 5S.) 



Green gold above ; carmine red underneath ; two 

 middle tail feathers elongated. Six inches. America. 



Yelloiv-rumped,or Bourbon Creeper. (C Borhonica.) 

 Enl. 681. 



Greenish brown above ; rump yellow ; beneath yel- 

 low grey. Five inches. Isle of Bourbon. 



Vieil. Gal. 167, has named these birds Coereha. 



N.B. A, Armillata. Sparm. 3Q. C. Cayana. 682. 

 are mere varieties of Cyanea^ or Ccerulea. 



We may separate from them certain species, larger 

 and less handsome, whose tongue is short and car- 

 tilaginous.* 



Baker-bird. (Merops Rufus.) Gm. Enl. 739- 

 Figulus Albogularis. Spix. 78. 



A bird of South America, as large as a red-breast ; 

 reddish above, whitish underneath ; which constructs 

 on the ground, under the shrubs, a nest, covered 

 above like an oven. 



This bird is the type of the genus Ophie, or Opetior- 

 hynchos of M. Temminck ; Furnarius of M. Vieil. 

 Gal. 182. The genus Figulus, of Spix, is the same. 



* From others — 



Furnarius Fvliginosus. Zool Coq. t. Certhia Antartica. Garnet. 

 Ann. Sci. 1826. Isles Malomunes. 



Furnarius Chilensis, Lesson. Zool. Coq. t. F. Lessonii. Dumont. 

 Chil'. 



Furnarius Annumbi. Vieillot. Annumbi. Azara. 



