7;,S CREEPER. 



changing to white at the vent: the upper tail coverts yellowifn ; 

 legs dufky. 



Edwards fuppofes this the female. 



Brijfon fays, that only the two outer tail feathers have white 

 tips. 

 Places and Thefe birds, at leafl varieties of them,, are found at Martinico, 



Varieties. Cayenne, St. Domingo, and other parts. That of Cayenne has the 

 head blackifh, with two ftripes of white over the eye : the throat 

 of a light cinereous grey : back and upper wing coverts the fame, 

 but deeper : quills and tail the fame, bordered with cinereous : 

 fore part of the wings edged with pale yellow: rump yellow, as 

 are the under parts of the body, but mixed with grey on the 

 belly : legs blueifh. 



This was defcribed to Buffon as a male, but he thinks it has 

 much affinity with that mentioned by Shane -, who fays, that his 

 bird had a fhort fong, but very agreeable. Buffon' s bird had 

 only a weak cry, Zi, zi, like a Humming-bird. He likewife men- 

 tions another from St. Domingo, which had the bill and tail rather 

 fhorter, white eye-brows, and a fort of grey patch on the throat : 

 larger than that of Shane' 's female ; but in other matters perfectly 

 refembled it. 

 Manners. Thefe birds feed on the fvveet vifcous juice which is found in 



the fugar-cane ; but it is not certain that they draw their whole 

 nourifhment from this plant ; perhaps others containing fweet 

 juices may ferve. them in turn. They infinuate their bill' into 

 any crevice or crack of the ftalk, and draw out the juice, as has 

 been obferved. It may not be amifs to fuppofe that they like- 

 wife feed on infects, as the reft of the Creeper family are known to 

 do, though obfervation his not yet confirmed it. 



Certhia 



