BIRDS. PIC^. ag.Certhla. 
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2 g. CERTHIA. i?z7/ arched, {lender, fome- 
what triangular, pointed ; tongue va- 
rious, generally pointed ; formed 
for walking. Creeper, 
This is a tribe difperled through moil countries of the globe ; 
they feed chieily on inlcf-ls, in fearch of which they creep up 
and down trees ; breed in hollow tnais and lay numerous 
eggs : no finis Cnall ; tail feathers i : ; U^s large, hind-toe 
llout ; clazvs long, hooked ; tongue uiofUy fliarp, but lome- 
tiines flat at the tip, fringed or tubular. 
Grey, beneath white; quill-fcatbers brown, lo of them 
with a white fpot. ' Common Cr. 
Jnl'.abits Europe. Ajia. and America; 5I inches lorig. 
Head and neck brown with black ftreaks ; rump lawTiy ; ving- 
coverts Varied brown and black ; quill feathers 'lilky, tipt 
with white, edged and barred wur. tawny ; brefji and belly 
filvery ; tail long, tawny, the feathers Hoping off to a point.- 
A variety is found differing only in being fomething larger^ , 
Above greenifh, beneath varied with pale yellow and green ; 
quill-feathers brown, outer edge green. Green Cr. 
Car niola ; fize of the lall. 
From the bale of the bill each fide a blue ftreak ; chin with a 
tawny fpot ; legs black. 
Black, beneath dufky ; fhoulders, lower part of the back, 
rump and vent yellow; lower wing-coverts fnowy. 
Great hook-billed Cr. 
Inhabits Friendly Ijlands ; 8 inches long. 
Jail very much curved, brown, paler at the bafe ; upper tail- 
coverts and fome of the inner wing-coverts yellow ; fpurious 
Si'ings ochre ; legs blackilh. 
Olive ; wings and equal tall edged with green. 
Hook-billed green Cr. 
Inhabits Sandwich Ijlands ; 7 inches long ; the feathers are 
ufed by the natives to adorn the veftments of their chiefs. 
Eill blackifh, very much curved, upper mandible longer; 
nofirils covered with a membrane, betwefei thefe and the eyes 
a brown ftreak ; belly inclining to yellow ; legs dufley-brown ; 
knees white ; hind-toe very long. 
P a 
Cocaines. 
