CREEPER. 251 



Inhabits Bengal. — From the drawings of Lady Impey, and those 

 of Sir J. Anstruther; said to extract honey from flowers with its long 



tongue. 



45— LONG-BILLED CREEPER. 



Certhia longirostra, Ind. Orn. i. 299. 

 Cinnyris longirostra, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 167. 

 Soui-manga a long bee, Ois. dor. ii. p. 65. 



Long-billed Creeper, Gen. Syn. Sup. 133. Perm. Hindoost. ii. 264. Shaw's Zool. 

 viii. 270. 



LENGTH five inches. Bill one inch and a half; tongue long and 

 missile, as in the last ; crown, and neck behind light green ; back, 

 wings, and tail dusky, edged with olive-green ; neck before, and 

 breast white; belly and vent pale yellow ; legs bluish. 



Found with the last at Bengal, where it perches on the rich 

 flowers of various Indian plants, and darting its tongue into the 

 calyx, extracts the sweets. Inhabits also Java, where it is called 

 Prist andun. The Javan Species is larger, and more brightly 

 coloured. 



46 —TUFTED CREEPER. 



Certhia cirrhata, Ind. Orn. i. 299. 



Soui-manga a touffes jaunes, Ois. dor. ii. p. 65. 



Tufted Creeper, Gen. Syn. Sup. 132. Shaw's Zool. viii. 271. 



LENGTH four inches. Bill black, incurvated; head, neck, 

 and back deep olive, the feathers edged with dusky ; greater quills 



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