7 o6 



CREEPER. 



Female. 



Place. 



The female is fmaller than the male, and has the upper parts 

 olive brown : the under parts yellow, with a tinge of olive : 

 wings and tail the fame as in the male. 



Inhabits Madagafcar. 



Var. A. 

 Description. 



Place. 



A VARIETY mentioned by Buffon * was in length lefs than 

 four inches : the bill ten lines. This was of different co- 

 lours on the throat and neck ; at leaft the feathers had reflections 

 of different colours in different lights -, fuch as green, blue, violet, 

 &c. and there was perceivably a gradation of violet black, cheft- 

 nut, brown, and yellow, in bands: the reft of the under parts 

 were olive grey : the upper part of the body deep green, with 

 both a blue and a violet glofs : beneath the fhouiders two fpots 

 of yellow : upper wing coverts and quills brown, with a greenifh 

 caft. 



This came from Manilla. 



8. 

 RED- 

 BREASTED 

 CR. 



Certhia fperata, Lin. Syjt. i. p. 1S6. N° 13. 



Le Grimpereau pourpre des Philippines, Br!/, orn. iii. p. 655. N° 27. 



t. 31. f. 2, 3. male and female. 

 Le Soui-manga marron-pourpre apoitrine rouge, Buf. oif. v. p. 497. 

 Grimpereaux des Philippines, PI. enl. Z4.6. f. 1, z. male & femelk. 



Description. T ENGTH four inches. Bill eight lines long, black ; at the bafe 





whitifh: tongue longer than the bill, and forked at the end : 

 the head, throat, and fore part of the neck, are of a very glolTy 

 violet : the hind part of the neck, back, and fcapulars, purplifh 



* Hift. des oif. v. p. 496. 



cheftnut : 



