204 BROWN" AND WHITE CREEPER. 



belly and vent yellow : bill blaqk ; legs brown. In 

 the specimen described by Linnseus the crown of 

 the head was green. Native of the Philippine isles. 

 The female is olive-brown above, and dull yellow 

 beneath, without any appearance of blue on the 

 throaty and is according to Monsieur Viellot, the 

 Certhia PhiUppina of the Gmelinian edition of the 

 Systema Naturse of Linnaeus, and the Philippine 

 Creeper of Latham ; and though described as 

 having the two middle tail-feathers elongated, 

 Mr. V. appears to think that a mistake must have 

 been made in that particular. 



BROWN AND WHITE CREEPER. 



Certhia dubia. Certhia fusca, pileo humerisque viridibus, abdomine 

 albo. 



Brown Creeper, with green crown and shoulders, and white ab- 

 domen. 



Ceylonese Creeper, var. A. Lath. syn. 



Le Soui-manga brun et blanc. Viell. Certh.pL 81. 



Length rather more than four inches: crown of 

 the head, to some little distance below the eyes, 

 and beginning of the throat, green, as are also the 

 smaller wing-coverts : neck, back, and wings brown ; 

 rump purplish: tail black: under parts, from the 

 neck, white: under part of the tail pale ash-colour: 

 bill dusky, with the base of the lower mandible 

 whitish : legs dusky. This bird is ranked by Dr^ 

 Latham as a variety of th^ Ceylonese Creeper, to 



