736 CREEPER. 



40. Certhia cruentata, Lin. Syji, i. p. £87. N° 17. 



RED-SPOTTED Le Grimper.eau de Bengale, Brif. orn. p. 663. N'^i. 



Le Soui-raanga rouge, noir, & blanc, Buf. oif. v. p. 514. 

 .Black, white, and red Indian Creeper, Ednxi. ii. pi. 81. 



CR. 



Discretion. T ENGTH three inches and a quarter. Bill lefs than fix inches \ 

 colour black : above, from head to tail, blue black ; 

 along this fpace are three large fpots of a bright red ; the one 

 placed on the crown of the head, and reaching from one eye to 

 the other j the fecond on the neck behind ; and the third on the 

 middle of the back : and the upper tail coverts .are of the fame 

 colour : all the under parts are white : the quills and tail are blue 

 black : legs black. 

 Place. Its native place is Bengal. 



41. 



YELLOW- Le Soui-manga de I'ifle de Bourbon, Buf. oif. v. p. 516. 



RUMPED Grimpereau de I'ifle de Bourbon, PI. enl. 681. f. 2. 



CR. 



Description. T ENGTH about five inches. The bill is black : the upper 

 part of the head and body greenifli brown : the rump yellow, 

 inclining to olive : the under parts of the body a mixed grey, hav- 

 ing a tint of yellow near the tail : the fides are rufous : the quills 

 blackifh, edged with a lighter colour : the tail blackifh : legs 

 black. 

 Place. Inhabits the IJle of Bourbon. 



Buffon fuppofes it to be either a female, or a young one not yet 

 come to maturity, and thinks it has the greateft affinity to the 

 Soui-manga marron pourpre £s? violet, than any other. 



Certhia 



