Class II. 



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 fus- 

 cis decern macula alba. 

 Lath. Ind. orn. 280. id. 

 Sijn. ii. 701. id. Sup. i.126. 



Le petit Grimpereau. Belon 

 av. 375. 



Certhia. Gesner av. 251. 



Aldr. av. i. 424. 



Wil. orn. 144. 



Rail 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. 481. PL 



Enl.68l. 1. 

 Cat. Carol, app. 37- 

 Certhia familiaris. Gm. Lin. 



46g. 

 Krypare. Faun. Suec. sp. 106. 

 Trae-Pikke v. Lie-Hesten. 



Br. p. 12. Scopoli, No. 



59. 

 Grau-Specht. Frisch, i. 39- 

 Baumlaufferl. Kram. 337- 

 Br. Zool. 82. plate K. Arct. 



Zool. i. 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. 



