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CHIRPING CREEPER. 



Certhia pipilans. C. fusco-virescens subfus Jlavicans, femoribus 

 albo fuscoque fasciatis, remigibus rectricibusque fuscis. Lath, 

 ind, orn. suppL 



Greenish-brown Creeper, yellowish beneath, with brown wings 



and tail, and thighs barred with brown and white. 

 Chirping Creeper. Lath, suppl, 2. 



Size of a Nightingale: bill slender and black: 

 irides blue : legs brown. Native of New Holland. 



HOARY CREEPER. 



Certhia canescens. C. griseo'Cinerea subtus rufo-alha, pectore 

 roseo-purpurascente, remigibus rectricibusque obscuris. Lath* 

 ind, orn. suppl. 



Slate-coloured Creeper, rufous-white beneath, with rose-purplish 



breast, and dusky wings and tail. 

 Hoary Creepen Lath, syn. suppl. 2, 



Length eight inches : bill stout and black : 

 quills and tail dusky^ with a few white markings on 

 the wing-coverts. Native of New Holland. 



