204 HONEY-EATER. 



67.— AGILE HONEY-EATER. 



Certhia agilis, Ind. Orn. Sup. xxxviii. 



Le Veloce, Ois. dor. ii. 128. 



Agile Creeper, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 168. Shaw's Zool. viii. 263. 



LENGTH six inches. Bill black ; tongue bristly ; top of the 

 head, nape, and hind part of the neck black ; the rest of the upper 

 parts of the body, wings, and tail brown ; under white ; the white 

 and black join each other on the sides of the neck irregularly ; legs 

 blue black. Some specimens are half an inch shorter, and olive- 

 green instead of brown. 



Inhabits New South Wales, is an active species ; feeds on honey 

 and flies, in the manner of others of the Genus. 



68— CCERULEAN HONEY-EATER. 



Certhia coerulescens, Ind. Orn. Sup. xxxviii. 

 Heoro-taire bleu, Ois. dor. ii. 121. pi. 83. 

 Bluish-breasted Creeper, Shaw's Zool. viii. 244. 

 Ccerulean Creeper, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 188. 



SIZE of the White Throat ; length five inches. Bill a trifle 

 curved, but slender, as in the Warbler Genus, colour dusky ; tongue 

 bifid at the end, forming two separate brushes ; plumage on the 

 upper parts pale brown, beneath pale flesh-colour ; fore part of the 

 neck pale blue grey; quills and tail dusky, the last even; the wings 

 reach one-third on the tail ; legs dusky. 



Inhabits New South Wales. 



