276 CREEPER. 



neck behind, and the rest of the upper parts, fine green ; fore part of 

 the neck, and beneath the body, blue ; tail deep green. 

 Inhabits America. 



A. — Certhia Brasiliensis viridis atricapilla, Bris. iii. 633. Id. 8vo. ii. p. 10. Gerin. ii. 



t. 60. 

 Merops Spiza, Merrem, Ic. Av. 16. t. 5. 

 Sylvia viridis capite nigro, Klein, p. 80. 22. 



Guit-guit vert et bleu a tete noire, Bvf. v. 535. PI. enl. 578. 2. 

 Guit-guit vert, lejeune, Ois. dor. ii. 79. pi. 49. 

 Green black-capped Flycatcher, Ediv. pi. 25. Bancr. Guian. 182. 

 Black-capped Creeper, Gen. Syn. ii. 727.28. A. 



Length five inches and a quarter. Bill five lines Jong, black, 

 beneath white, base yellowish ; tongue forked ; head black, descend- 

 ing just below the eyes on each side, and to the nape behind ; throat 

 not black; plumage in general green ; quills blackish, edged with 

 green ; tail the same, but the two middle feathers are green, with a 

 black stripe down the shafts ; legs lead-colour. 



This is probably a male bird, and young ; that figured in Ois. 

 dor. 49, is light green above, yellowish green beneath ; front black, 

 and some black spots beneath the eyes, with several apple-green 

 markings on other parts. I observe in Mr. Mc. Leay's collection 

 that this, the black and blue, and some others are called Jauraszini, 

 so we may suppose this to be a name common to several of the 

 Creeper kind ; in Brasil it is called Cai. 



