>o| CREEPER. 



and tail duiky ; the laft even at the end, and edged with yellow 

 green : legs duiky brown -, the feathers juft above the knee, or gar- 

 ter, white : the hind toe pretty Jong. 

 Plage. Inhabits the Sandwich IJlands in general, and is one of the birds 



whofe plumage the natives make ufe of in conftructing their 

 feathered garments ; which, having thefe olive green feathers in- 

 termixed with the beautiful fcarlet and yellow ones belonging 

 to the next fpecies, and yellow-tufted Bee-eater *, make fome of 

 the moft beautiful coverings of thefe iflanders. 



+- HOOK- 

 BILLED 

 RED Lev. Muf. 



CR. 



PEscRiyxipH, T EN GTH fix inches. Bill three quarters of an inch long, and 

 ■^ very hooked, though not fo much as in the laft fpecies ; the 

 colour of it very pale : general colour of the plumage fcarlet : 

 wings and tail black : on the wing coverts next the body is a 

 white fpot, owing to two or three of the feathers having the outer 

 webs of that colour: legs pale like the bill. 

 Yariety. In fome birds the forehead is of a buff-colour : and the parts 



about the head and neck have both a mixture of buff and dufky 

 black, which are fufpected to be the birds not yet arrived at their 

 full plumage. < 



Place. This beautiful fpecies inhabits the Sandwich Iflands, and is made 



great ufe of by the natives, in their feathered dreffes j more of 

 which will be (aid, when the account of the laft expedition to 

 thofe parts fhall make its appearance. 



* p. 683. 



Br. Muf. 



