CREEPER. 285 



wing:, and tail coverts, quills and tail the same ; all the under parts 

 of the body yellow, with a mixture of saffron-colour. 

 Inhabits America. 



98 — BIFASCIATED CREEPER. 



Certhia Afra, Ind. Om. i. 237. S. 



Trochilus varius, Gm. Lin. i. 492. Maert. Phys. Arb. i. p. 75. 



Certhia bifasciata, Spalowsk. Vog. iii. t. 22. 



LENGTH four inches and a half. Bill black ; plumage green 

 gold, beneath brownish white ; across the breast two bands, one of 

 blue green, the other red ; upper tail coverts blue green ; tail one inch 

 and a half long, greenish brown ; all but the two middle feathers 

 white at the tips. 



Said to inhabit South America. — In Spalowski's figure the 

 crimson band is crossed in the middle by a blue one. 



99.— BRASILIAN CREEPER. 



SIZE of the Climbing Oriole, and not unlike it as to colour. 

 The bill is black, very long, strong, and much curved, in length 

 full three inches; colour of the plumage brown, with a greenish 

 gloss; the head darkest, and marked with spots of white in streaks; 

 tail rounded, but the feathers not pointed at the ends, nor sharp, as 

 in the Climbing Oriole. 



Inhabits Brasil. — A specimen of the above brought from Rio 

 Janeiro; in Mr. Bullock's Museum. 



