200 HONEY-EATER. 



60— CRIMSON HONEY-EATER. 



Certhia sanguinea, Ind. Orn. i. 290. Gm. Lin. i. 479. 



Heoro-taire cramoisi, Ois. dor. ii. 100. pi. 66. 



Philedon, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. lxxxvii. 



Crimson Creeper, Gen. Syn. ii. 739. Shaw's Zool. viii. 231. 



LENGTH five inches. Bill moderately hooked, dusky, three 

 quarters of an inch long ; plumage in general crimson, deeper above ; 

 quills black; secondaries margined with chestnut ; belly dusky; the 

 vent white ; tail black, the feathers pointed at the ends, and the 

 shafts white; legs black. 



Inhabits the Sandwich Islands. 



A. — Certhia virens, Ind. Orn. i. 290. Gm. Lin. i. 479. 



Le vert olive, Ois. dor. ii. pi. 67. 



Olive-green Creeper, Gen. Syn. ii. 740. Shaw's Zool. viii. 232. 



SIZE of the other. Between the bill and eye dusky ; plumage 

 olive green, paler beneath ; the quills and tail the same, but more 

 dusky, feathers of both edged with yellow. 



This is found with the former, and has the same manners; 

 supposed to be the female. 



