PLATE CLIV. 



CERTHIA FAMILIARIS. 

 COMMON CREEPER 



OR 



TREE CREEPER. 



PiCiE. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bill arched, flender, fomewhat triangular, pointed : tongue varU 

 ous, feet formed for climbing. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



SYNONYMS. 



Crey, beneath white : quill feathers brown, ten of them with a 

 white fpot. 



Certhia familiaris: grifea, fubtus alba, remigibus fufcis, de- 



cem macula alba. Linn, Syjl. Nat. l,p, 184. 1. 

 — Suec. n. \OQ,-—Gmel. Linn. Syji, l.pA^Q. 

 Lath* Ind. Orn. T. 1. 280. 



^ ^ Certhia 



