PINE-CREEPER. 
It appears to us somewhat doubtful, whether 
this bird be in fact a Creeper: yet it is the 
Certhia Pinus, of the Linnsean System; as 
well as the Pine-Creeper of Edwards and 
Catesby. It is likewise generally known, in 
America, by the name of the Pine- Creeper. 
We shall therefore preserve this original ap- 
pellation, with Edwards's figure of the bird; 
and, after giving the account of it, which that 
celebrated ornithologist first published, will 
add, from BufFon, and others, what has been 
ifarther remarked, relative to it's history and 
I description, accompanied by such observations 
as an examination of the subject has suggested 
\m our own minds. 
The bill,'' says Edwards, " Is black; a 
Ijittle thick at it's base, but ends in a sharp 
' point. From the bill to the eye, on each side, 
passes a black line. The top and sides of the 
head, the breast, belly, and thighs, are of a 
bright yellow colouri the crown being a little 
deepen 
