7<>8 CREEPER. 



■white: quills brown, edged with glofly copper: tail blackifb;. 

 the outer feather tipped with white : legs and claws brown. 



The bird from which Edwards drew his figure had a label tied 

 to it, by the name of Honey-thief '*. 



8. Grimpereau troifieme de l'Ifle de Lucon, Son. Vby. p. 63. t. 30. D. 



Var.B 



Soui-manga a gorge violette & poitrine rouge, Buf. oif. v. p. 499. 



Description. Jl/t SONNERJT defcribes this in the following manner : The 



head is of a pale green : the throat glofiy violet : breaft of 



,a red colour, between vermilion and carmine : back and wing 



coverts reddifh cheftnut: quills black: rump and tail the colour 



of polilhed fteel, with a glofs of green : under tail coverts dull 



green.. 



This and the lafl: but one appear to be varieties of each other; 

 and Buffon fuppofes that of Edwards to be the fame bird likewife, 

 not yet come to its colour. What leads him the more to think 

 fo is, that all of them are indigenous to the Philippine IJles. 



* That they are fond of honey is manifeft, from thofe who keep Birds at the 

 Cape of Good Hope having many forts in large cages, and fupplying them with only 

 honey and water ; but befides this, they catch a great many flies, which come 

 within the reach of their confinement; and thefe two mike up their whole fub- 

 fiftence ; indeed, it has been attempted to tranfport them further, but the 

 want of files on board a fhip prevented them living more than three weeks ; fo 

 aecefiary are infe&s to their fubfiftence. Hift. des oif. v. p. 494. 



Certhia. 



