BLACK AND BLUE CREEPER. 
and under side, which last is a little shorter than 
the upper. The tongue is divided into threads 
at the end. The crown of the head is of 
a pale green colour. Round the base of the 
upper part of the bill are black feathers, which 
pass in black lines on the sides of the head; 
in which black spaces, the eyes are placed. 
The sides of the head, hinder part of the neck, 
lower part of the back, rump, covert- feathers 
of the tail, a bar across the upper part of the 
wing, and the whole under side of the bird, 
are of a very fine ultramarine blue colour. 
It has a broad black line across the lower part 
of the neck behind, or the upper part of the 
back. The tail is black; as are the outer 
sides of the wings, except a blue bar that 
crosses each vAng obliquely. The insides of 
the wings are of a beautiful yellow colour; 
except round the ridges, and the tips of the 
quills, which are dusky. The legs and feet 
are orange-coloured. I take," adds Edwards, 
this bird to be the Guira-Coereba of Marc- 
grave. See his History of Brasil, and Wil- 
lughby's Ornithology. I believe, no figure 
has been given of this bird by former authors. 
Petiver has given a figure of a bird of this 
family, 
