CERTHIA FAMILIARIS. 
COMMON CREEPER. 
Generic Character. 
Bill {lender, much curved. 
Toes three forward, one backward. 
Claws long and much hooked. 
Tail confifts of twelve harfh fliarp-pointed feathers. 
Synonyms. 
Certhia FAMiLiARis. Lin. Syfl. 1. p. 1^^. t. Ind. 
Orn. 1, p, 280. 1. 
Common Creeper, Br. ZooL ig2. taL ^g. Ih.^foL 
p. 82. tab. K. Lath. Syn, 2. 701. 
• 3. Supt. p. 126. Mont. Orn. 
Bi5i. Vol. 1. Bewick's Br. Birdsy 
Pt> 1. 148. 
Th E weight of this fpecies feldom exceeds two drams ; it 
is about five inches in length and nearly feven in breadth ; 
Bill long, flender, and much curved ; irides hazel ; legs fhort 
claws very fharp and much hooked ; tail long and forked! 
Colours of both fexes dike, the tail of the female is fhorter 
and lefs forked. 
The Creeper is a very common bird with us, frequenting 
almoft every grove ; it builds in holes in trees, frequently 
behind pieces of loofe decayed bark j the texture of the neft is 
loofe, 
