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!The Black and Yellow Creeper. 
r “TP <5 H E upper Figure in the Plate reprefents this Bird of its natural Size. The 
Jh Shape of the Bill, Size of the Bird, and its Make in General agreeing with our 
Creeper \Certhia ] I thought proper to give it the above Name. 
The Bill is {lender, {harp-pointed, and a little bowed downward like a Scythe, 
Black of Colour, and the Noftrils fmall. The Head, Neck, Throat, Back, Wings 
and Tail are of a full black Colour. Over each Eye pafTes a Line of White. The 
Bottoms of the greater Quills next the Belly and the inner Coverts of the Wings are 
White. All the Tail-Feathers, except the two Middle ones, are tipped with White. 
,The under Side of the greater Feathers of the Wings and Tail are duiky. The 
Bread:, Rump, and Border of the Wing where it falls on the Bread is of a fine bright 
Yellow, a little inclining to Gold-Colour. The Thighs, lower Belly, and Covert- 
Feathers under the Tail are of a pale Yellow, or white Colour. The Legs and Feet 
are Duiky or Black. The Toes, (four in Number) {landing after the ufual Manner. 
This Bird was brought in Spirits with others from Jamaica , by Mr. Harpur. I take 
it to be a Cock Bird, and believe the Hen of it hath been defcribed by Sir Hans Sloa'ne , and is 
what he calls a black and yellow Bird, ( Lufcinia feu Philomela e fufco et luteo Varia.) Sloane^ 
Natural Hiftory of Jamaica , Yol. II. P. 307. Tab. 259. 
Yhe American Hedge-Spa r Row. 
N OT readily knowing what Tribe to refer this Bird to, I have given it the 
above Name, tho’ its Bill is thicker and ftronger than in the Curruca eliotce. It 
is drawn of its natural Size in the lower Figure of the Plate. 
The Bill is p'retty flrong, (tho’not like thofe of the granivorous Kind) {harp at 
the Point, and bowed a little downward, of a black Colour. The Head and Neck 
are of an Afh-Colour, a little inclining to Green: The Back, Wings and Tail are 
of a brown Colour; the Infides of the Quill and under Side of the Tail more cineri- 
tious, or Afh-Colour. The Breaft, Belly, Thighs, Covert-Feathers within the 
Wings, and under the Tail, are White, clouded with a duiky Colour. The Legs, 
Feet and Claws are form’d after the ufual Manner, of a brown Colour. 
This Bird was brought from Jamaica by Mr. Harpur , and is one of the plainefl Birds I 
have met with, having hardly any Mark by which it may be characterized. 1 cannot find 
that it has been before defcribed. 
The fmall white Moth is Englijh ; it is White above and beneath, except a Dafh of Brown 
•down the upper Side of the lower SeCtion of the Body, and Orange-Colour at the Tip of the 
Tail. 
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