274 CREEPER. 



The Yellow-cheeked has the head, back, wings, and tail green ; 

 cheeks and throat deep yellow ; breast and sides yellowish green, 

 with bluish spots; belly yellow. Both these, according to the Ois. 

 doves, are young birds of the Blue Creeper. 



The above inhabits Cayenne. — Seba says, the nest is made with 

 great art; outwardly composed of dry stalks of grass, and such like, 

 within of very downy materials, in shape of a retort, suspended from 

 a weak twig, at the end of a branch of a tree, the opening, or mouth 

 downwards, facing the ground ; the neck a foot in length, but the 

 real nest is quite at top, so that the bird has to ascend up this funnel- 

 like opening, to get at its place of abode; thus secure from every 

 harm, neither monkey, snake, nor lizard dare to venture to the end 

 of the branch, as it would not support their weight. 



I have mentioned Mr. Bancroft's bird with hesitation, as I am not 

 clear of its being the same. He describes it as having an arched, 

 slender, triangular bill, with a pointed tongue; plumage blue; 

 wings and tail black ; the latter of an unusual length ; his bird may, 

 therefore, possibly be distinct. 



89.— BLACK AND VIOLET CREEPER. 



Certhia Brasiliana, Ind. Orn. i. 293. Gm. Lin. i. 474. 



Certhia Brasiliensis violacea, Bris. iii. 661. t. 32. 4. 7d.8vo.ii. 19. 



Guit-guit noir et violet, Buf. v. 541. 



Soui-manga violet, Ois. dor. ii, 65. 



Le Sucrier velours, Levail. Afr. vi. 160. pi. 294. — male and female. 



Black and Violet Creeper, Gen. Syn. ii. 730. Shaw's Zool. viii. 257. 



SIZE of the Crested Wren ; length three inches and one-third. 

 Bill seven lines, black ; crown of the head fine green gold ; sides of 

 it, neck behind, back and scapulars fine velvet black ; lower part of 

 the back, rump, lesser wing and upper tail coverts violet, with 



