THE 



SAFFRON CREEPER. 



Generic Character. 



Bill llender, incurvated, and fliarp-pointed. 

 Tongue either fliarp-pointed, ciliated, or tubular. 

 Legs moderately ftout : toes three before and one 



behind: back toe large: claws hooked and 



long. 



Specific Character, &c. 



OLIVE-BROWN CREEPER, with gold-green 

 head, fteel-blue throat, fafFron breafl: and 

 abdomen, and long middle tail-feathers. 



VIOLET-HEADED CREEPER. 



Lath. Syn, 2. p. 178. 



Le SOUI-MANGA a longue queue et a capuchon 

 violet. 



6^//: 5. p. 517. 

 PETIT GRIMPEREAU a longue queue du Cap. 

 de B.E. 



PL enl. 670. f. 1. 



In the numerous genera of Trochilus and Certhia, 

 is not always that the moft appofite and proper titles 



have 



