282 CREEPER. 



not certain that they draw From thence their whole nourishment ; 

 they are observed to insinuate the bill into any crevice or crack of 

 the stalk, and draw out the juice; but it is probable, that they also 

 feed on insects, as the rest of the Creeper family are known to do. — 

 One from Berbice, in Mr. Mc. Leay's collection, called Jauraszini 

 mit paarl farb bouven kop, though called a female, has the wings 

 beneath brimstone as in the male. 



95— PEREGRINE CREEPER. 



Certhia peregrina, Ind. Orn. i. 227. 



Peregrine Creeper, Gen. Syn. Sup.'u. 162. Shaw's Zooh x'u'i. 263. 



SIZE small. General colour of the plumage olive; wings and 

 tail dusky; across the wings a pale bar; under parts, as far as the 

 belly, yellow ; tail a trifle forked ; the inner webs of the two outer 

 feathers white. 



The female differs from the male in being paler. 



Native place uncertain. — In the collection of Mr. Parkinson. 



96.— BLACK AND YELLOW CREEPER. 



Certhia fiaveola, Ind. Orn. i. 297. Lin. i. 187. Gm. Lin. i. 479. Vieill. Am. ii. p. 70. 



Certhia, seu Sacchivora Jarnaicensis, Bris. vi. app. 117. Id. 8vo. ii. p. 19. Gerin. ii. t. 224. 



Le Sucrier, Bnf. v. 542. 



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



Black and Yellow Creeper, Gen. Syn. ii. 737. Edw. pi. 122. Shaw's Zool. viii. 248. 



SIZE of a Wren. Bill black; head, neck, and upper parts, 

 black ; on each side of the head a stripe of white, from the base of 

 the bill, over the eyes to the hindhead ; breast and under parts, edge, 



