GREAT HOOK-BILLED CREEPER. 



Certhia Pacifica. C. nigra, alula nropygio crisso femoribusque 



jiavis, rostro longissimo. 

 Black Creeper, with yellow aliilet^ rump, vent, and thighs, and 

 very long bill. 



Certhia pacifica. C. rodro longissimo incurvato, corpore afra^ 



humeris uropygio crisso femoribusque Jlavis, Lath, ind. orn» 

 Le Hoho. VielL Certh. pL 63. 

 Great Hook-billed Creeper. Lath, syn» 



A LARGE species: length about eight inchest 

 colour deep black, with the rump, lower part 

 of the belly, and thighs bright yellow : alulet or 

 spurious wing yellowish white : quill-feathers edged 

 with grey : under coverts mixed yellow and white ! 

 bill brownish black, very stout, long, and greatly 

 curved: legs black. Native of Owhyhee and 

 other South-Sea islands. 



HOOK-BILLED GREEN CREEPER, - 



Certhia obscura. C. olivaceo^viridis subtus sub/lavescens, rostra 



longissimo, lorisfuscis, 

 Olive-green Creeper, subflavescent beneath, with very long bill 



and dusky lores. 



Certhia obscura. C. fusco-virens rosiro longissimo incurvatOf 



mandibula inferiore breviore, lorisfuscis. Lath, ind, orn. 

 L*Akaie-aroa* Viell, Certh. pi. 53. 

 Hook-billed green Creeper. Lath. syn. 



Described by Dr. Latham. " Length seven 

 inches : bill an inch and three quarters long, and 



