CREEPER. 255 



quills dirty brown ; tail cuneiform, the two middle feathers brown, 

 with a black band at the end, and others grey, with a curved bar of 

 black near the tips ; legs yellow. 



Inhabits China. — In the collection of drawings of Sir J. An- 

 struther is one similar; the head, including the eyes, and the back 

 dark blue ; the rest as in the above description. 



A. — Length four inches and a half. Bill half an inch, slender, 

 black ; head, taking in the eyes, neck behind, and back deep blue ; 

 all beneath from the throat white, inclining to ferruginous on the 

 sides ; tail cuneiform, one inch and a half long, pale brown, the ends 

 of the feathers dusky black, tips white ; legs pale. 



Inhabits India. — Sir J. Anstruther. 



53— BLUE-FACED CREEPER. 



Certhia frontalis, Ind. Orn. Sup. xxxix. 



Blue-faced Creeper, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 372. Shaw's Zooh viii. 258. 



LENGTH five inches. Bill three quarters of an inch, black ; 

 plumage in general dusky, nearly black beneath ; but the crown of 

 the head, including the eye, chestnut ; back brown ; quills and tail 

 dusky black ; the face all round, the bill, chin, and rump fine blue; 

 legs dusky black. 



Inhabits Africa. — Described from a preserved specimen at Mr. 

 Bailey's, in the Haymarket, London. 



