23§ SHOWN CREEPER. 



in the manner of the American Mocking-Thrush : 

 feeds on insects and the sweet juices of flowers : 

 often seen with the forehead of a reddish or pur- 

 pHsh hue, which is said to be occasioned by ha- 

 bitually thrusting the bill into the tubes of flowers 

 whicli have a red or purplish farina : the tongue in 

 this species, as in many others, is penicilliform, or 

 brush-shaped at the tip. The native name of the 

 bird is said to be Neghoharra. 



BROWN CREEPER. 



Cerlhia fusca. C.fusca marginihus pennarum suhferruginds, sub- 



tus albo fuscoque transversim undulata. 

 Brown Creeper, with the edges of the feathers subferruginous j 



beneath undulated with brown and white. 

 Certhia fusca. C. fusca, collo lateribus albido mrio, jugulo pec^ 



toreque albo-fasciatis. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Brown Creeper. Lath. syn. 

 L'Heoro-Taire brdn. Viell. Certh. pi. 65. 



Habit considerably similar to that of the Com- 

 mon European Creeper, but the size considerably 

 larger, measuring about seven inches in length : 

 colour deepish brown above, the coverts and quill- 

 feathers edged with pale ferruginous : sides of the 

 head slightly streaked or mottled with white : 

 under parts white, transversely barred or streaked 

 with brown : vent pale brown : bill rather slender^ 

 and dull yellow with blackish tip: legs browns 

 native of spi[ne of the South-Sea islands. t^aiUv> 



