7H 



CREEPER. 



26. Certhia Cyanea, Lin. Syft. i. 188. N° 24. 



BLACK AND L e Grimpereau bleu du Brefil, Brif. orn. iii. p. 628. N° 13. pi. 31. f. 5. 



C n Le Guit-Guit noir & bleu, Buf. oif. v. p. 529. 



Grimpereau du Brefil. Pi. enl. 83. f. 2. 

 Guira-coereba, /Ja/V Syn. p. 83. N° 11. — Marcg. Bra/, p. 212. 



■ 1 — , Will. orn. p. 239. chap. 20. 



Avicula de Guit-guit ex Infula Cuba, Seta, vol. i. t. 60. f. 5. 

 Black and blue Creeper, Ed<w. ii. pi. 114. 



Br. Muf. Lev. Mu/l 



Description. 



'TpHIS is bigger than our Creeper : the length four inches and 

 a quarter. Bill eight lines and a half in lengthy and black : 

 tongue the length of the bill, and ciliated : the top of the head 

 is beryl blue : the reft of the head, throat, fore part of the neck> 

 ' breaft, belly, fides, thighs, lower part of the back, rump, upper 

 tail and wing coverts, are of an elegant blue : on each fide of the 

 head is a black ftripe, in which the eye is placed : the hind part 

 of the neck, and upper part of the back, . are velvet black : the 

 upper wing and under tail coverts are likewife black, but not fo 

 bright : the under wing coverts are brimftone-colour : the quills 

 are black on the outfides and tips, within brimftone : the tail 

 black : legs red : claws black. 



Place. Inhabits Braftl and Cayenne. Thefe birds are found to vary 



fomewhat in the diftribution of their colours : in fome there is a 

 mixture of brown, and in others a mixture of black, on the breaft j- 

 and in fome the blue has a tinge of violet t the legs too- are often 

 orange, yellow, or whitifh. 



j. EMAlE- The female has the under part of the- wings yellowifh grey> 



Certhi'a 



