BLUE-HEADED CREEPER. 241 



described the black-headed kind, which seems to 

 be unknown except from its figure in Seba, as the 

 genuine species. It differs in having, as the name 

 imports, the whole head of a black colour, the 

 plumage of a fine deep green, with the breast, 

 belly, and tail-coverts blue. 



The female of the Black-Capped Creeper is the 

 bird described by Edwards under the name of the 

 All-Green Creeper: it is of a fair green colour, 

 paler beneath, with the wings and tail brownish. 



The young or unadvanced stage of the male 

 bird differs in having the green slightly spotted or 

 patched here and there with blueish plumes, 

 while the forehead alone is black, and the wings 

 and tail dusky with green edges, as in the full 

 state of the plumage. 



The Black- Capped Creeper is a South- Ame- 

 rican species, and is principally found in Brasil. 



VAR. 



BLUE-HEADED CREEPER. 



This bird is described by Edwards, and differs 

 from the rest in having the whole upper part of the 

 head bkie, the throat white, and the smaller wing- 

 coverts blue. It is a native of Surinam and 

 Brasil. 



V. VIII. p. I. 



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