PURPLE INDIAN CREEPER. 
the Purple Creeper of Edwards, as precisely j 
the same, only with different names." I 
Leaving the systematic naturalists to recon- 
cile these jarring opinions, and apparent im- 
proprieties, we shall proceed to transcribe the 
account with which Edwards accompanied his 
figure of this bird: first premising, that Ed- 
wards gave two figures, which he supposed to 
be Male and Female of the same species; and 
that we, who adopt the same opinion, have 
thought the former bird sufKcient for our 
purpose. 
From then* near resemblance,'* says Ed- 
wards, I take them to be male and female 
of the same species. The bird which I lake 
to be the Cock, has the bill black, pretty long, 
arched, not much tapering from the base to 
the point, but stronger than that of the other 
bird. The head> neck, back, rump, and co- 
vert-feathers of the wings, are of a dark blue- 
ish purple colour. The tail is black. The 
belly, thighs, covert-feathers under the tail 
and the quill feathers of the wings, are of j 
dusky brown. The inside of the wings, am 
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