CREEPER, 



737 



Certhia flaveola, Lin. Syjl. I. p. 187. N° 18. 



Le Grimpereau, ou Sucrier de la Jamaique, Brif. orit. vi. app. p. 117, 



Le Sucrier, Buf. oif. v. p. 542. 



Black and yellow Creeper, Ed<w. iii. pi. 122. 



IZE of a Wren. The bill is black : the head, throat, neck, 

 back, fcapulars, upper wing and tail coverts, are of a fine 

 black : on each fide of the head is a flripe of white, beginning 

 at the bafe of the bill, and paffing over the eyes to the hind head: 

 the breaft, upper part of the belly, fides, edges of the wings, and 

 rump, fine yellow : lower belly, thighs, and under tail coverts, 

 yellow, but paler : under wing coverts white : the greater quills 

 are white at the bafe, and black at the ends : the fecondaries are 

 wholly black : tail black ; all the feathers except the two middle 

 ones have white tips : legs and claws blackifh. 



Inhabits Jamaica. 



42. 



BLACK AND 



YELLOW 



CR. 



Description, 



Male. 



Plage. 



Certhia flaveola, Lin. Syfi. i. p. 187. N° 18. 



Le Grimpereau de la Martinique, ou le Sucrier, Brif. orn. iii. p. 611. 



N °3- pl-34- f-S- 

 Black and yellow bird, Sloan. Jam. ii. p. 307. N° 37. t. 259. f. 3. 



Yellow-bellied Creeper, Ed<w. glean, pi. 362. f. 3. female. 



42. 

 Var. A. 

 YELLOW- 

 BELLIED 

 CR. 



'fiDWARDS defcribes this bird as having the dimenfions of the 



other. A ftripe of yellow over the eyes : the bill dufky : the 



upper parts brownifh afh-colour, except the tip of the tail, and 



bottom of the greater quills, which are white : under fide yellow, 



SB 



changing 



Description. 



Female. 



