220 CREEPER. 



scapulars purplish chestnut ; lower part of the back, rump, and upper 

 tail coverts violet, with a changeable green and gold gloss ; breast, 

 and upper parts of belly bright red ; lower belly, and other parts 

 yellowish olive ; lesser wing coverts violet and green gold ; the middle 

 ones brown, tipped with purplish chestnut ; the greater, and quills 

 brown, edged with rufous ; tail black, with a polished steel gloss, 

 the outer edges of the feathers violet, glossed with green-gold ; legs 

 brown. 



The female has the upper parts olive-green, beneath olive-yellow; 

 lesser wing coverts as the back, and four of the outer tail feathers 

 tipped with grey, occupying most of the feather as it is more outward. 



Inhabits the Philippine Islands. In a female, among the draw- 

 ings of Sir John Anstruther, none of the tail feathers have grey tips; 

 the bird is green above, pale yellow beneath, round the eye paler, 

 but the eyelids are yellow. 



Seba's bird has a yellow bill and legs; head and neck deep gilded 

 purple ; breast, and belly pale red ; back, wings, and tail greyish 

 cinereous brown, with a reddish tinge, and fringed at the edges. He 

 does not say from whence it came, but from the name being Mexican, 

 we may suppose it to be a native of South America. 



A.— Certhia pusilla, Lin. i. 185. Gm. Lin. i. 473. Ind. Orn. i. 283. S. /3. 



Indica, Bris. iii. 621. Id. 8vo. ii. p. 7. Gerin. ii. t. 195. 



Falcinellus colore Passeris, Klein 107. Id. 108. 14. Seba i. t. 42. 

 Soui-manga bvua et blanc, Bxif. v. 498, 



Little Brown and White Creeper, Gen. Syn. ii. 707. A. Edw. pi. 26.* Shaw's 

 Zool. viii. 207. 



This is half an inch shorter than the last. Bill dull brown ; 

 plumage above brown, glossed with copper; from bill to eye a stripe 



* A Label tied to Edwards's bird, gave it the name of Honey Thief ; and that they are 

 fond of honey is clear ; for those who keep birds at the Cape of Good Hope, have many 

 sorts in large cages, and supply them with honey and water ; besides which, they catch flies, 

 which come within reach of their confinement, and in their wild state, probably subsist on 

 both ; for on attempting to transport them, the want of flies on board a ship prevented their 

 living more than three weeks, so necessary are insects to their existence. 



