CREEPER. 245 



breast an orange band ; top of the breast changing to blue ; beyond 

 this the under parts are greenish black ; on the sides of the breast 

 two yellow tufts ; quills and tail deep brown ; legs black. 



37 — AMBOINA CREEPER. 



Certhia Amboinensis, Lid. Orn. i. 301. Gm. Lin. i. 4S0. 

 Polytmus Amboinensis, Bris.'m. 685. 7rf.8vo.ii. p. 26. 

 Tsioei, velKakopit, Seba, ii. 62. t. 62. f. 2. Klein, 107. 7. 

 Soui-rnanga d'Aniboine, Ois. dor. ii. p. 67. 

 Amboina Creeper, Gen. Syn. ii. 741. Shaio's Zool. viii. 269. 



LENGTH two inches and three-quarters. Bill half an inch ; 

 plumage cinereous grey, beneath green ; head and neck yellow, the 

 feathers edged with green ; breast fine red ; wings black, edged with 

 yellow; quills yellow, edged with light green; the whole bird 

 brilliant and glossy. 



Inhabits Arnboina, has a tubular tongue, whereby it extracts 

 honey out of flowers; but it is not expressed either in the engraving 

 or description. 



38 —POLISHED CREEPER. 



Certhia polita, Ind. Orn. i. 287. Mus. Carls, t. 59. 

 Soui-manga, Tern. Man. Ed.i'i. Anal. p. lxxxjv. 

 Polished Creeper, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 159. 



LENGTH five inches. Bill black ; crown, shoulders, and 

 lesser wing coverts purple, glossed with gold ; throat and neck 



