252 CREEPER. 



brown ; belly and tail black ; on each side of the breast a tuft of 

 yellow feathers. 



Inhabits Bengal. 



47.— RED-BILLED CREEPER. 



Certhia erythrorynchos, hid. Orn. i. 299. 



Soui-manga a bee rouge, Ois. dor. ii. p. G4. 



Red-billed Creeper, Gen.Syn.Sup. 133. Shaw's Zool. viii. 271. 



SIZE very small, scarcely more than three inches. Bill red, 

 tipped with black ; crown of the head, part of the neck, and the 

 back olive; breast and belly white; wings, tail, and legs dusky. 



Inhabits India. 



48.— CHESTNUT-CROWNED CREEPER. 



LENGTH five inches and a half. Bill five-eighths of an inch, 

 pale horn-colour ; crown of the head pale chestnut ; nape, and hind 

 part of the neck, cinereous grey ; back pale green ; wings and tail 

 the same, but darker ; quills dusky, and when closed, reach rather 

 beyond the base of the tail, which is one inch and three quarters 

 long, and cuneiform ; the outer feather measuring no more than one 

 inch ; sides of the head, including the eyes, and all the under parts 

 from chin to vent, dusky white. 



Inhabits India. — General Davies. Also in the collection of 

 Lady Clive. 



