CREEPER. 277 



B. — Certhia Brasiliensis viridis, Bris. iii. 631. 7d.8vo.ii. p. 9. 



Sylvia viridis capite cyaneo, Klein, p. 80. 23. 



Guit-guit vert et bleu a gorge blanche, Buf. v. 536. Ois. dor. ii. p. S3. 



Grimpereau vert du Bresil, PI. enl. 578. 1. 



Blue-headed green Flycatcher, Edw. pi. 25. 2. 



Creeper, Gen. Syn. ii. 727. 28. B. 



This differs in having the top of the head, and the wing coverts 

 blue; throat white; the rest of the plumage as in the others, except 

 that the green is paler ; legs yellowish ; claws black. 



C— Certhia Spiza, Lid. Orn. i. 293. i. 



Merops Spiza, Merrem. Ic. p. 18. Var. 4ta. 



Guit-guit tout vert, Buf. v. 527. Ois. dor. ii. 78. pi. 48. 



Grimpereau vert de Cayenne, PI. enl. 682. 1. 



All-green Creeper, Edw. pi. 348. Gen. Syn. ii. 728. 



Bill longer, and more bent than those above, dusky, base pale 

 ash ; plumage wholly green, paler beneath. 



The whole of the above, with their variations, inhabit Cayenne, 

 Surinam, and Brasil. The last described said to be the female, the 

 others the male, in a more or less complete state of plumage. 



In Mr. Mc. Leay's collection is an All-green Creeper, four inches 

 and three quarters long, having the chin and throat marked with 

 obscure pale streaks, otherwise not differing : it came from Berbice, 

 under the name of Jauraszini groen, mit bimiti Bee. 



D. — Certhia nigrifrons, Ind. Orn. Sup. xxxix. 



Black-fronted Creeper, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 169. Shaw's Zool. viii. 259. 



In this bird the forehead and cheeks are black, body green above, 

 and yellow beneath ; tail cuneiform. 



In the Museum of the late Sir A. Lever. Probably a further 

 Variety. 



