7 ao C R E E P E R. 



Femalb. The female 15 of a greenifh- brown above: beneath yellowiflv 



mixed with brown : the under tail coverts white, fprinkled with 

 brown and blue : in other particulars it nearly refembks the 



male. 



2I- Certhia famofa, Lin. Sjft. i. p. 187. N° 2«. 



FAMOUS Le Grimpereau a longue queue du Cap de Bonne Efperance, Brif. orn, iii. 



C - R * p. 647. N° 2 2. pi. 34. f. 1. 



Le grand Soui-manga vert a longue queue, Buf. oif, v. p. 521. 

 Grimpereau a longue queue du Cap de Bonne Efperance, PI. enl. 83. f. 1. 



Description. GIZE of a Linnet : length nine inches. Bill fifteen lines and a 

 half, and black : tongue the length of the bill : the whole 

 plumage is green-gold, with a glofs of copper: between the bill 

 and eyes is a ftripe of black like velvet * : on each fide, under the 

 fhoulders, is a fine yellow fpot, which does not appear unlefs the 

 wing is lifted up : greater wing coverts and quills blackifh, 

 edged with green : tail of a bright black ; the two middle feathers 

 are two inches and a half longer than the others, and are edged 

 with gold and copper green on both fides ; the fide feathers are 

 green only on the outer edges : legs and claws are black. 

 Female. The female has the head and upper part of the body of a 



greenifh brown, with a mixture of fine green : the rump green : 

 the quills and tail black brown : beneath the body is yellowifh, 

 with a mixture of green feathers on the breafl : the tail is long, 

 as in the male, but the two middle feathers exceed the fide fea- 

 thers by only two inches and fome lines ; thefe long feathers are 

 likewife very narrow, as it were only a thread. 



* In the Planches eluminies thi3 is omitted. 



The 



