Class H. 



CREEPER. 



345 



GENUS XIV. CREEPER. 



Bill very slender, very much incurvated. 

 Tail of twelve feathers. 

 Toes divided to the origin. 



Certhia familiaris. C. grisea, 

 subtus alba, remigibus fu3- 

 cls decern macula alba. 

 Lath. Jnd. orn. 280. id. 

 Syn. ii. 701. id. Sup. i.l26. 



Le petit Grlmpereau. Belon 

 av. 375. 



Certhia. Gesner av. 251. 



A/dr. av.i. 424. 



Wtl. orn. 144. 



Raii Syn. av. 47- 



The Oxeye Creeper. Charlton 

 ex. 93. 



Picchio piccolo. Zinan. 75. 



I^e Grimpereau. Brisson iii. 1. Familiar. 



603 . Hist, d' Ois. v. 48 1 . P/. 



Enl.QQl. 1. 

 Cat. Carol, app. 37. 

 Certhia familiaris. Gm. Lin. 



469. 

 Krypare. Faun, Suec. sp. IO6. 

 Trsee-Pikke v. Lie-Hesten. 



Br. p. 12. Scopoli, No. 



59. 

 Grau-Specht. Frisch, i. 39. 

 BaumlauflFerl. Kram. 337. 

 Br. Zool. 82. plate K. Arct. 



Zool. 1. 334. 



JLHE creeper weighs only five drams; and 

 next to the Crested wren is the lest of the Bri- 

 tish birds ; the manner it has of ruffling its fea- 

 thers, and their length, give it a much larger ap- 

 pearance than is real. The length of this bird 

 is five inches and a half; the breadth seven and 

 a half. The bill is hooked like a sickle ; the 

 irides are hazel ; the legs slender ; the toes and 



Descrip-. 



TION. 



