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^he little Brown and White Creeper. 
T his Bird I have call'd the Creeper^ from the Conformity of all its Parts with 
the European Certhia^ tho' it is not above half the Bignefs, nor hath it the 
beautiful Spots and Marks which our Creeper hath, yet the general Colour, Shape of 
the Body and Bill, are the fame; it is here reprelented of its natural Bignefs; the Bill 
is about three-fourths of an Inch long, of a middling Thicknefs at its Bale, bowed 
downwards, ending in a lharp Point, of a dark brown Colour ; the upper Sides of the 
Head, Neck, Back and Wings, are of a brown inclining to’ Copper-colour ; the whol6 
under Side, from Bill to Tail, is White ; it hath a Bar of dark Brown, palling from 
the Corners of the Mouth to the Eyes ; from the Sides of the upper Mandible ol the 
Bill paffes white Lines above the Eyes ; on each Side the Covert-feathers, within-fide 
the Wings are White ; the greater Quills are of a darker Brown than the reft of the 
Body, the Edges of the Feathers being fomething light; the Tail is dark Brown or 
Black; the outermoft Feathers on each Side, having white Tips ; the Legs, Feet, and 
Claws, Brown. 
This Bird preferv’d in Spirits, was lent me by Dr. Cromwell Mortimer ; he brought 
it from Holland^ and was informed it came from the Eaft Indies, I took it out of the 
Spirits in order to draw it. The Glafs which contain'd it was titled with a Dutch Name, 
which’ in Engllfa fignifies the Honey-Thief, i believe this Bird hath not been till now 
either figur'd or defcrib'd. 
I Do not pretend to have any Skill in the Defoription of Infods, not having at all 
ftudy'd them; nor do I know the Terms by which their Parts are diftinguiftied : 
But they being no Part of my Defign, I have added them only as Decorations to fill up 
fome void Spaces in the Plates where the Birds were fmall ; lb that if my Defcriptions 
are obfoure, I hope the Juftnefo of the Figures will help to clear them. The Head 
and Body of this Fly is Black on the upper Side ; the upper Wing moftly Black, 
having two redifti Spots near the Body, then a broad, and after it a narrow brown 
Mark ; toward the Ends are two Eyes of Blue, furrounded with Red, and acrofs each 
End a Mark like Beads of a light Brown ; under the greater Eyes of Blue, toward the 
lower Wing, is a Spot of Blue ; the lower Wings are blue in the Middle, black at their 
Roots, border'd: with Stripes of Black and light Brown, having in each Wing two 
pretty large Eyes, blue in the Middle, red without that, and black Rings without the 
Red. On the under Side of the Fly the Head is redifti, the Body light Brown ; the 
upper Wing barred acrofs with Orange-colour and Black, ha ving a pretty large Ey e of 
Black, encompafs'd by Orange ; the under Wing of a dark purplilh Colour, with Spots 
and tranfverfe Lines of Black. 
This Fly, with many others, were prefonted me by Capt. Ifaac Worthy now in the 
India Company's Service. It came from China,. 
The 
