THE 



CARDINAL CREEPER. 



Generic Character. 



Bill (lender, incurvated, fharp-pointed. 



Tongue differing in fhape in the different fpecies. 



Legs moderately flout. 



Toes placed three before, and one behind ; back 

 toe large : claws hooked and long. 



Linna'us. Latham. Pennant. 



Specific Character, &c. 



CARMINE-RED CREEPER, with black wings 

 and tail, and whitim belly. 



CARDINAL CREEPER. 



Lath. Syn. 1 p. 733. 



This bird may be numbered amongft the fmalleft of 

 its genus, the figure reprefenting it of its natural fize» 

 In its general appearance it Items extremely nearly al- 

 lied to the certhia cruentata of Linnaeus, <or red-fpotted 

 creeper. It is fuppofed to be a nati T \ of fome of the 

 Southern iilands, but its particular hiftory feems to be 

 unknown. 



