CREEPER. 261 



wings dusky; under parts of the body pale yellow ; under tail coverts 

 pale fulvous ; tail even, of twelve feathers, one inch long, and the 

 quills reach to the middle of it; legs slender, blackish. Male and 

 female much alike. 



Inhabits India ; found all the year at Calcutta ; known by the 

 name of Tula Phurky, at Bengal, which signifies the small masses 

 of cotton wool raised by the wind, when the cleansers begin their 

 work, for the bird is so light as to resemble these. — Dr. Buchanan. 



65— CINNAMON CREEPER. 



Certhia cinnamomea, Ind. Orn. i. 298. Gm. Lin. i. 480. 



Le Cinnamon, Ois. dor. ii. 96. pi. 62. 



Cinnamon Creeper, Gen. Syn. ii. 740. Shaiv's Zool. viii. 224. 



LENGTH five inches. Bill very little bent, near three quarters 

 of an inch in length ; plumage above, wings, and tail, cinnamon- 

 colour, the under white; tail made like that of the European 

 Creeper ; legs dusky. 



In the British Museum. — In one specimen the space between the 

 bill and eye is black. 



66— ASH-BELLIED CREEPER. 



Certhia verticalis, Lid. Orn. i. 298. 



Ash-bellied Creeper, Gen. Syn. Sup. 130. Shaw's Zool. viii. 214. 



LENGTH five inches and a half. Bill almost one inch, and 

 black; tongue bifid; top of the head green, the rest of the upper 



