250 CREEPER. 



and cartilaginous, being neither fringed nor tubular at the end ; and 

 that it flies from branch to branch in search of insects, oh which 

 alone it feeds. He thinks it similar to the black and yellow, and 

 yellow-rumped Creeper, and that neither of the three ought, in 

 strictness, to rank with the Creepers. The young said to be rufous 

 grey, under tail coverts white.* — M. Temminck is of opinion, that 

 it differs in sex only from the Collared Creeper. 



43.— BLACK-TAILED CREEPER. 



Certhia melanura, Ind. Orn. i. 300. Mus. Carls, f. 5. 



— — — Capensis, Var. j3. G/n. Lin.i. 473. 



Soui-manga a Queue fourchue, Ois. dor. ii. p. 64. 



Black-tailed Creeper, Gen. Syn. Sup. 134. S/iaiv's Zool. viii. 215. 



LENGTH seven inches. Bill black ; head and back violet ; 

 breast and belly inclining to green ; wing coverts brown, margined 

 with olive; some of the quills with greenish margins; tail pretty 

 long, a little forked, and black ; legs black ; claws yellow. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. 



44 —YELLOW-WINGED CREEPER. 



Certhia chrysoptera, Ind. Orn. i. 299. 



Soui-manga aux ailes jaunes, Ois. dor. ii. p. 64. 



Yellow-winged Creeper, Gen. Syn. Sup. 133. Shaw's Zool. viii. 270. 



SIZE small. Bill black ; head and neck varied with dusky and 

 gold ; tongue missile ; wing coverts fine yellow ; quills, tail, and 

 legs black. 



* Soui-manga a jeune Age, Ois. dor. p. 34. t. 14. 



