284 CREEPER. 



C. — Certhia Bartholemica, Mus. Carls. Fasc. iii. No. 57. 



Length five inches. Bill black ; tongue longer than the bill, 

 and forked ; plumage on the upper parts of the body, wings, and 

 tail, brown; over the eye a pale yellow streak; under parts pale 

 yellow, towards the vent whitish ; rump pale ; all the tail feathers 

 tipped with pale yellow. 



Inhabits the Island of St. Bartholomew, one of the Caribbee 

 Islands. 



I have also met with another, which appears a further Variety ; 

 general colour pale brown above, mottled with grey on the fore parts 

 of the head and throat ; under parts yellowish white ; rump and 

 base of the tail to the middle yellow ; the two middle feathers from 

 thence black to the ends, the others black with yellow tips. 



In my drawings I find one which is grey brown above, over the 

 eye a white line; chin and throat pale ash, beneath from thence, 

 rump, and base of the tail, yellow; the rest brown. 



97.—VARIEGATED CREEPER. 



Certhia variegata, Ind. Orn. i. 293. Gm. Lin. i. 475. 

 — — Americana varia, Bris. iii. 665. Id. 8vo. ii. p. 19. 

 Sylvia variis coloribus picta, Seba, ii. t. 3. f. 3. Klein, p. 79. 17. 

 Guit-guit varie, Buf. v. 540. Ois. dor. ii. 84. 

 Variegated Creeper, Gen. Syn. ii. 729. 



LENGTH five inches. Bill three quarters of an inch ; top of 

 the head bright red ; cheeks and under the eyes blue and white 

 mixed; hindhead fine blue; hind part of the neck, back, and rump 

 undulated with blue, black, yellow, and white; scapulars, upper 



