Ciafs IL creeper; 193 



but all thefe fall fhorc of the merits of that moll 

 learned and inquifitive traveller. Dr. ^haw ; who 

 with unparalled learning and ingenuity, has left be- 

 hind him the mod fatisfadtory, and the moft beautiful 

 comments on the animals of the antients, particular- 

 ly thofe mentioned in holy writ or what relates to 

 the Mgypicin mythology : fuch as do honor to our 

 country, and v/e flatter ourfelves will prove incen- 

 tives to other travellers, to complete what mud prove 

 unequal to any one genius, be it ever fo great: 

 from fuch we may be fupplied with the means of il- 

 lullrating the works of the antient naturalifts ; whilH 

 commentators, after loading whole pages with unen- 

 lightening learning, leave us as much in the dark, as 

 the age their authors wrote in. 



Genus X. The C R E E P E R, 

 I. The CREEPER. 



Le petit Grimpereau. Belon wu. Le Grimpereau. BnJ[on\\\. 6030 



57 r. Cat. Carol, app. 37. 



Certhia. Ge/her av. Z^l» Certhia familiaris. Z//r. />y?. ig^^ 



J/afr. aij. i. 424. Krypare. Faun. Suec.Jp. jo6. 



Wil. orn. 144. Trase-Pikke v. Lie-Heften. Br„ 



Raiifyn.a'v.^'j. p. 12. 



The Oxeye Creper. Charlton BaumlaufFerl. Kram. 337. 



ex.t^y Br. Zoo I. 82. plate K. 



Picchio piccolo. Zinan. 75. 



'"TT^HE creeper weighs only five drams : and next 



-^ to the crefted wren is the left of the Briti/Jj birds : 



the manner it has of ruffling its feathers, and their 



length 



