244 CREEPER. 



34.— YELLOW CREEPER. 



Dicoeum flavum, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 170. — Horsfield. 



LENGTH four inches. Plumage above yellow olive; beneath 

 yellow ; quills and tail feathers, except the outer margins, brown. 

 Inhabits Java. 



35— ORANGE-BACKED CREEPER. 



Certhia cantillans, Ind. Orn. i. 299. 



Grimpereau siffleur de la Chine, Son. Voy. Ind. ii. 210. pi. 117. 2. 



Soui-manga de la Chine, Ois. dor. ii. p. C3. 



Orange-backed Creeper, Gen. Syn. Sup. 132. Shaw's Zool. viii. 254. 



SOMEWHAT more than three inches long. Bill black ; irides 

 red ; plumage on the upper parts blue grey ; throat and neck before 

 the same, but paler ; on the upper part of the back a spot of orange 

 yellow ; breast and belly orange yellow ; vent pale yellow ; legs 

 black. 



Inhabits China. 



36. -RED-BANDED CREEPER. 



Soui-manga a ceinture orangee, Ois. dor. ii. 56. pi. 34. 



SIZE uncertain. Bill eight lines long, and black; plumage in 

 general gilded green, glossed here and there with blue; across the 



