CREEPER. 



207 



54 Wren 



55 Cupreous 

 86 Amethystine 

 S7 Green 



88 Blue 



A Yellow-cheeked 

 S9 Black and violet 

 90 Black-headed 



A Black-capped 



B Blue-headed green 



C All green 



D Black-fronted 



91 Cayenne 

 A Var. 

 B Var. 

 C Var. 

 D Var. 

 E Var. 



92 Gartered 



93 Blue-throated 



94 Black and blue 



95 Peregrine 



96 Black and yellow 

 A Yellow-bellied 

 B Bahama 



C Bartholomew 



97 Variegated 



98 Bifasciated 



99 Brazilian 



100 Chicli 



101 Paraguan 



102 Gilded 



.OILL slender, incurvated, and sharp-pointed. Nostrils small. 



Tongue pointed at the end for the most part; in some divided 

 into two filaments. 



Legs moderately stout ; toes placed three before and one behind, 

 the back toe large, claws hooked and long. 



Tail consisting of twelve feathers. 



This Genus has by many been confounded with the Humming 

 Bird, but a little consideration will point out the difference, for 

 Creepers are not confined to any climate, being found in all quarters 

 of the globe, whilst Humming Birds are met with only in the 

 warmer parts of America ; again, the Genus here treated of has the bill 

 pointed and sharp at the end, be the shape however different, but 

 that of the Humming Bird is more or less blunt at the tip ; besides, 

 birds of the Creeper Genus principally feed on insects, but the food 

 of the other consists only of the juice extracted from the nectaries of 

 flowers; some few, indeed, of the Creepers have the tongue divided 

 at the end, and such no doubt are capable of licking honey from 

 flowers, though by no means like the Humming Birds, which make it 

 their only nutriment. Nor should they be confounded with the 

 Honey-eaters, which, although a few of them agree in some measure 

 in respect to the tongues, yet the greater part of the latter are of su- 

 perior size, and almost exclusively inhabit New-Holland. Neither do 



