712 CREEPER. 



Linnaus gives it two very long feathers in the tail ; but as the 

 figure he quotes in Brijfon has them not, it is moft likely he had 

 fome reafon for aflerting this, though he does not mention any. 

 Place. Inhabits the Philippine Jfles, and particularly Luzonia, if it be 



the fpecies alluded to by M. Sonnerai. 



On a fuppofition that the Creepers of the old world are as long 

 in gaining their full plumage as thofe of the new, Buff on thinks 

 it not improbable to fuppofe, that the five laft mentioned are all 

 varieties, or fexual differences of each other : but as this cannot 

 be clearly afcertained as yet, I think better to let them ftand as 

 they do, on the authority of their defcribers, till time, the clearer 

 up of all doubts, fhall evince the contrary. 



j- Certhia Zeylonica, Lin. Syft. i. p. 188. N° 23. 



CEYLONESE Le Grimpereau olive des Philippines, Brif. om. iii. p. 623. N° 10. pi. 34.. 



CR - f. 4.— PI. en!. 576. f. 4. 



Le Soui-manga olive a gorge pourpre, Buf. oif. v. p. 506. 

 Grimpereau premier de 1'Ifle de Lujon, Son. Voy. pi. 30. A-? 



Description. q\zE of a Wren : length four inches. Bill three quarters of an 

 inch, and black : the upper parts of the body are of a dull 

 brownifh olive : the under parts yellow : but the throat, fore part 

 of the neck, and breaft, are of a beautiful bright deep vio- 

 let : the quills brown: the edges of the feathers dull olive: 

 the tail the fame colour as the wings : legs and claws black. 

 PiAM. Inhabits the Philippine IJles. 



Br. Mu/l 



