HONEY-EATER. 205 



69.— BROWN HONEY-EATER. 



Certhia fusca, Ind. Orn. i. 294. Gm. Lin. i. 472. 



Le Heoro-taire brun, Ois. dor. ii. 99. pi. 65. 



Brown Creeper, Gen. Si/n.Yi. 782. Shaw's Zool. viii: 238. 



LENGTH six inches. Bill one inch, a little bent, and dusky 

 brown ; in the middle a pale orange spot ; plumage above brown ; 

 sides of the neck the same, edged with white ; throat and breast 

 barred brown and white ; belly very pale brown ; quills brown with 

 pale edges; legs black, claws long and hooked. 



Inhabits the South Seas, but the particular Island not known. 



70 —BARRED-TAILED HONEY-EATER. 



LENGTH five inches. Bill three-quarters of an inch, dusky 

 black ; tongue longer than the bill, bifid at the end ; plumage above 

 pale brown ; wings and tail rufous brown ; under parts in general 

 dull olive yellow, spotted and barred with dusky ; chin and throat 

 dusky black ; bastard wing white, forming a spot ; legs black. 



Native place uncertain. — In the collection of Mr. Bullock. 



