^34 PIED CREEPER. 



immediately above which, on each side the head, 

 is a sHght tuft of yellow plumes : legs rather slen- 

 der, and flesh-coloured, or pale brown. The 

 female differs in being of a pale orange-yellow, 

 slightly tinged with brown, on the wings and tail, 

 and is furnished with wattles like the male : the 

 tongue is longer than the beak, and divided into 

 four filaments at the tip. Native of the island of 

 Tongataboo, where it is celebrated for the sweet- 

 ness of its notes, and may be considered, in the 

 words of Monsr. Viellot, as the Coryphaeus of the 

 deserts, enlivening the solitary woods with its 

 melody, from the dawn of morning to the close of 

 day. 



PIED CREEPER. 



Certhia varia. C. albo nigroque varia, fascia supra infraque-oculari, 



tectricumque duplici alba. 

 Black and white Creeper, with a white band above and below the 



eyes, and a double one on the wing-coverts, 

 ^lack and white Creeper. Edw. pi. 300. f. 2. 

 Motacilla varia. ? ikf, oJbo nigroque maculata, fasciis alarum 



duabus albiSf cauda bifida, Lin, Si/st. Nat. 

 White-polled Warbler. Penn. Arct. Zool. Lath. syn. 

 Le Grimpereau varie. Viell. Certh. pi. 74. 



Length about four inches and a half: colo 

 black and white. The male is described by Ed 

 wards in the following manner. " The bill, legs 

 and feet are black : from the corner of the mout' 

 beneath the eye passes a broad black plat o 

 feathers, which is surrounded by a white line 



