C E R T H I A; 
12. Certhia Lotenia, or lote’n creeper; hath alfo a col¬ 
lar of a beautiful gold red; the fmall luperior coverts are 
of the lame hue ; the throat, the head, the neck, all the 
upper fide of the body, and the middle coverts of the 
wings, of a brilliant blue green : there is a llreak of glofi'y 
black between the noltril and the eye ; the breaft, the 
belly, and all the under fide of the body, of the fame black, 
and alfo the quills of the tail and of the wings ; the large 
coverts, and the quills of the tail, are bordered with gold 
green. 
13. Certhia Omnicolor, or creeper of all colours : its 
plumage is green, tinged with all forts of rich colours, 
amongft which that of gold green feems to predominate. 
Seba fays, that its young often become the prey of large 
fpiders; a danger to which the humming-bird alfo is li¬ 
able, and even all the fmall bit' Is that breed in climates 
inhabited by thofe formidable inlefts, and have not ikill 
iiifficientto guard the nelt from their intrufions. 
14. Certhia Afra, or African creeper. Sonnerat, who 
found this bird at the Cape of Good Hope, tells us that it 
fings as melodious as the nightingale, and th'at its voice is 
even fofter. Its throat is of a fine carmine ; its belly 
white; the head, the neck, and the anterior part of the 
wings, of a fine geld green, and filvery ; the rump, Iky 
blue; the wings and tail, fnuff brown; length, about 
four inches. 
15. Certhia Cruentata, or red-fpotted Indian creeper ; 
is diftinguiffied by four large beautiful fpots of bright red ; 
the firft on the crown of the head, the fecond behind the 
neck, the third on the back, and the fourth on the fupe- 
rior coverts of the tail ; the quills of the tail and of the 
wings, are blue; the under fide white ; length, three 
inches and a quarter. 
16. Certhia Violacea, or violet creeper. The head, the 
top of the back, and the throat, are of a bright violet, 
glolfed with green; the fore part of the neck alfo bright violet, 
but glolfed with blue : the reft of, the upper fide of the 
body is of an olive brown, which colour borders the great 
coverts of the wings, their quills, and thofe of the tail, 
the two middle quills of which are very long. The under 
fide of the body is bright orange, more vivid on the ante¬ 
rior parts, and foftening in the diftant parts; length, 
about fix inches. 
17. Certhia Pulchella, or beautiful creeper. The breaft 
is yed, and all the body gold green, glowing and undu¬ 
lating with rofe copper; the quills of the tail blackilh, 
edged with gold green ; their great coverts, brown; the 
lower belly mixed with a little white. Length, (even 
inches ; the tail confifts of ten lateral quills, nearly equal, 
and two intermediate ones, which are very long and nar¬ 
row, and which projeft two inches beyond the others. It 
inhabits Senegal. 
18. Certhia Famofa, or famous creeper; from the Cape 
of Good Hope. It is about the fize of the linnet ; its bill 
is a little incurvated, and the feet are furnilhed with long 
wails, particularly the middle and hinder ones: the eyes 
are black ; the upper and under fides of the body of a fine 
brilliant green, glolfed with rofe copper, withfome feathers 
of gold yellow under the wings ; the great feathers of the 
■wings and of the tail, are of a fine black, glolfed with vio¬ 
let ; the two middle quills of the tail are very long, and 
edged with green ; on each fide, between the bill and the 
eye, there is a ftreak of velvet black. 
*?• Certhia Mexicana, or Mexican creeper; in which 
red is the prevailing colour, though it has different fhades ; 
the crown of the head is lighter and more brilliant, and 
that on the reft of the body is deeper. The throat and 
fore part of the neck are green ; the quills of the tail and 
of the wings are terminated with bluilh ; the thighs, of a 
light yellow. Its voice is find to be pleafant and agree¬ 
able ; length, about four inches and a half. 
20. Certhia Gutturalis,or guttural creeper. Thethroat 
and face are of a fine gold green; the fore part of the 
neck and breaft, purple ; the fmall coverts of the wings of 
■a brilliant violet; the great coverts and the quills of the 
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wings and of the tail are brown, tinged with rufous; the 
middle coverts of the wings, and all the reft both of the 
upper and under fides of the body, blackilh brown.j 
length, five inches. 
21. Certhia Purpurea, or purple creeper; being of a 
beautiful uniform purple. Seba alferts that it fings plea- 
fantly : length, four inches and a half. 
22. Certhia Cyanea, or Cayenne creeper. The face of 
this beautiful bird is of a brilliant fea green : there is a 
bar on the eyes of velvet black ; the reft of the head, the 
throat, and all the under part of the body, the lower part 
of the back, and the fuperior coverts of the. tail, of an 
ultramarine blue, which is the only colour that appear-s 
when the feathers are regularly difpofed, though each 
feather has three colours ; brown at the bafe, green in 
the middle, and blue at the extremity; the top of tits 
back, the part of the neck contiguous to the back, and 
the tail, velvet black : what appears of the wings, when, 
they are clofed, is of the fame black, except a blue bar, 
which crofles their coverts obliquely : the inner.fide of 
the quills of the wings, and their inferior coverts, are of 
a fine yellow ; fo that the wings, which feem entirely 
black when at reft, appear variegated with black and gold 
whendifplayed,or in. motion. It is four inches and a-quar- 
ter in length ; and inhabits Brafil, Guiana, and Cayenne. 
23. Certhia Caerulea, or blue creeper, is alfo found in 
Cayenne, and differs from, the preceding only in the- 
fhades of the plumage : the head is of a fine blue : there 
is a bar on the eyes of a velvet black : the throat, the 
wings, ^nd the'tail, are of the fame black : all the reft is 
of a fhining blue, verging upon violet 3 the blue feathers 
which cover the body are of three colours, the fame as in 
the preceding. It conftrufts its neft with much art: the 
outfide confifts of coarfe Ifraw, and ftiff ftalks of herbs s 
the infide of fofter materials : the fhape refembles that of 
a retort: it is fufpended from the end of a pliant branch', 
and the aperture faces the ground. The bird enters the 
neck, and creeps into the belly, of the retort, which is its 
proper neft. By this contrivance the young are guarded 
againft the vifits of fpiders, lizards, and other intruders. 
24. Certhia Spiza, or black-headed creeper. The plu¬ 
mage confifts of three or four colours, which are diipofed. 
in diftinft maffes, without any intermixture or fhading s 
a velvet black on the throat and head only ; deep blue 
under the body ; bright green on all the upper fide, in¬ 
cluding the tail and the wings ; but the tail is of a deeper 
fhade : the inferior coverts of the wings are cinereous 
brown, edged with green, and the bill is whitilh : length, 
five inches and a quarter. It is a native of America. 
The black-capped green creeper, the blue-green creeper, 
and the all-green creeper, mentioned by Latham, are va¬ 
rieties of this fpecies. 
25. Certhia Variegata, or variegated creeper; deco¬ 
rated with great variety and choice of elegant colours : 
bright red on the top of the head ; fine blue on the back 
of the head 5 blue and white on the cheeks; two lhades 
of yellow on the throat, the breaft, and all the under fide 
of the body ; yellow, blue, white, blackilh, on the uppCr 
fide of the body, including the wings, the tail, and their 
fuperior coverts. It is an American bird, and nearly as 
large as the chaffinch. 
26. Certhia Brafiliana, or Brafilian creeper; the throat 
and fore fide of the neck are of a Ihining violet; the lower 
part of the back, the fuperior coverts of the tail, and the 
linall ones of the wungs, are violet, bordering onfteel co¬ 
lour ; the .upper part of the neck and back, of a fine vel¬ 
vet black; the belly, the lower coverts of the tail and of 
the wings, and the great fuperior coverts of the wings, of 
a dull black ; the top of the head, of a fine gold green ; 
the breaft, purple chefnut; length, three inches. 
27. Certhia Flaveola, or black and yellow creeper ; 
feeds on the fweet vifeous juices of the fugar-cane, which 
it fucks through the cracks of the ftalk. In this refpeft 
it refembles the humming birds ; it is alfo exceedingly 
fmall. 5 and from the relative length of its wings it 
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