f$6 CREEPER. 



nor Lizard daring to venture at the end of the branch, as it would 

 not fteadily fupport them *. 



Mr. Bancroft mentions a Certbia found in Guiana f, having an 

 arched, fiender, andfomewhat triangular bill, with. a. pointed tongue.; 

 its colour blue, but the wings and tail black, and the tail of an 

 unufual length : whether this has any relation to the fpecies above- 

 mentioned, cannot be determined from fo fhort a defcription ; but 

 it is not impoffible that it may prove the male of the laft. 



28. Certhia fpiza, Lin. Syjl. i. p. 186. N° 12. 



BLACK- Le Grimpereau a tefte noire d'Amerique, Sri/, ere. iii. p. 6?i. N° l6\ 



HF ADFD 



P R Le Guit-guit vert & bleu a tete noire, Buf. oif.v. p. 534. 



Avicula Americana altera, Seba,„ ii. t. 3. f. 4. 



•£<?•». Muf. 



Description. A BOUT the fize of a Chaffinch : length five inches and a quar- 

 ter. Bill three quarters of an inch, and of a whkifh colour: 

 the head and throat are of a velvet black : hind part of the neck, 

 back, rump, fcapulars, upper wing and tail coverts, and quills, 

 fine green : fore part of the neck, breaft, belly, fides, and under 

 tail coverts, blue : tail deep green. 

 Place. Inhabits America. 



* I do not know, any author who has figured this particular neft in his works ; 

 .but a very good idea may be formed by confulting Brif. orn. vol. iii. pi. iS. 

 Will. orn. pi. 77 ; where fuch kinds of artificial nefts, built by other kinds of 

 birds, are given. 



f Hijl. of Guiana, p. 164. 



Certhia 



