280 CREEPER. 



93.— BLUE-THROATED CREEPER. 



Certhia cyanogastra, Ind. Orn. i. 295. 



Certhia flavipes, Gm. Lin. i. 472. 



Guit-guit, Tern. Man. Ed. 2. Anal. p. lxxxiv. 



Blue-throated Creeper, Gen. Syn. ii. 734. Shaw's Zool. viii. 257. 



LENGTH four inches and a quarter. Bill black ; top of the 

 head and sides, including the eye, neck behind, and back, green ; 

 throat and breast deep blue ; belly blue, but paler; on each side of 

 neck, between the blue and green, yellowish white ; quills and tail 

 black; legs yellow, claws black. 



Inhabits Cayenne. — In the collection of the late Dutchess Dowager 

 of Portland. 



94— BLACK AND BLUE CREEPER. 



Certhia cyanea, Lid. Orn. i. 291. Lin. i. 188. Gm. Lin. i. 483. Spalowsck.Vog.i. t. 9. 

 Certhia Brasiliensis coerulea, Bris. iii. G28. t. 31. 5. 7d.8vo.ii. p. 9. 

 Guira-ccereba, Rail, p. 83. 11. Will. 239. Id. Engl. 239. 



Le Guit-guit noir et bleu, Buf. v. 529. Klein, Av. 108. 11. Seba, i. t.60. f. 5. Ois. 

 dor. ii. p. 69. pi. 41. Id. p. 73. pi. 43. le jeune. Id. 7'2. pi. 42. le jeune en mue. 

 Petit pic du Bresil, Robert, Ic. pi. 20. 

 Der blaue Baumlaufer, Schmid. Vog. p. 59. t. 47. 

 Grimpereau du Bre?il, PL enl. 82. 2. 



Cyanean Creeper, Shaio's Zool. viii. 217. pi. 32. Nat. Misc. pi. 281. 

 Black and Blue Creeper, Gen. Syn. ii. p. 724. Id. Sup. ii. 128. Edio. t. 264. 



LARGER than our Creeper; length four inches and a quarter. 

 Bill eight lines and a half, black ; tongue the length of the bill, and 

 ciliated ; top of the head beryl blue ; the rest of the head, throat, 

 neck before, breast, belly, sides, thighs, lower part of the back, 

 rump, upper wing and tail coverts, elegant blue ; on each side of 



