THE 



SHINING CREEPER. 



Generic Character. 



Bill (lender, incurvated. and fharp-pointed. 

 Tongue differing in fhape in the different fpecies. 

 Legs moderately ftout. 



Toes placed 3 before, and 1 behind ; back toe 

 large ; claws hooked and long. 



Linnceus. Latham. Pennant. 



Specific Character, &c. 



CREEPER with the 2 middle tail-feathers ve- 

 ry long, the body of a fhining green, the 

 under wing-coverts yellow, the lores, (/. e. 

 the fpaces between the bill and eye on each 



fide) black. 



Lin. 



FAMOUS CREEPER. 



Latham, vol. 1. p. 720. 



The very numerous genus Certhia contains feveral 

 fpecies whofe colours are equal in fplendor to the 

 Humming-Birds. The fpecies here reprefented is one 

 of the largeft of the genus. Its general colour is a 



rich 



