approaches that of Cayenne, though it differs by the 
length of its legs and the fhortnefs of its tail. The throat, 
the neck, and the upper fide of the head and body, are 
of a fine black; the edges of the wings, the rump, the 
flanks, and the belly, of a fine yellow, which fpreads and 
grows dilute on the lower belly, and becomes vvhitifli on 
the inferior coverts of the tail. This fpecies is diffufed 
through'Martinico, Cayenne, and St. Domingo, &c. but 
the plumage varies a little in thefie different illands, tho’ 
nearly in the fame parallel. In that of Cayenne, the head 
is blackifh ; there are two white eyebrows, which extend 
down the neck: the throat is light grey : th'e back and 
the fuperior coverts of the. wings are of a deeper grey 5 
the quills of the wings and cf the tail aflrgrey, border¬ 
ed with cinereous. Linnaeus regards the Bahama creeper 
of BrifTon as a variety of this fpecies. Its plumage is in¬ 
deed very limilar; all. the upper fide is brown, including 
even the quills of the wings and of the tail ; the latter are 
Vv'bitifh beneath; the throat is light yellow. The 
name lufeinia, which Klein bellows on it, fliews that he 
regarded it as a finging bird. 
2.8. Certhia Viridis, or green creeper. A blue flripe 
runs from the bafe of the bill, and defeends down the neck 
on each fide ; a rufous fpoton the throat; the plumage on 
the upper parts of the body greenifli; on the under pale 
yeilow, mixed with green; quills brown, the outer edges 
green: tail greenilh brown: inhabits Corniola. 
2.9. Certhia Pacifica, or great hooked-billed creeper. 
Length eight inches; bill an inch and three quarters, 
flout at the bale, and very much hooked; the upper parts 
of the body are black; lower part of the back, rump, 
and upper tail coverts, fine deep yellow; the under parts 
of the body dufky : the under wing coverts fiiow white: 
the fides of the vent, and the thighs, are yellow: the 
tail aird quills black: inhabits the Friendly Ifles in the 
South Seas. 
30. Certhia Obfdura, or hook-billed green creeper. 
Length leven inches; bill an inch and three quarters long, 
and bent quite in the fhape of a femicircle; the under 
mandible lhorted by a quarter of an inch ; the noflrils 
covered with a membrane ; between the bill 'and eye is a 
ftreak of brown ; the plumage in general is olive green, 
palelt beneath, and fomewhat inclined to yellow ; quills 
and tail uulky, edged with yellow-green. It inhabits the 
Sandwich Illands, and is one of the birds wliofe plumage 
the natives ufe in conftrufting their feathered garments ; 
which make fome of the molt beautiful d redes of thefe 
i Handers. 
31. Certhia Veftiaria, or hook-billed red creeper. 
Length fix inches ; bill three quarters of an inch, not fo 
much hooked as in the lad fpecies ; general colour of the 
plumage ficarlet: wings and tail black: on the wing co¬ 
verts next the body is a white fpot. This beautiful bird 
inhabits the Sandwich Illands, and was firft found by the 
Englifh in the ifland of Atooi, where they are called keoro- 
taire. 
32. Certhia Falcata, or fickle-billed creeper. Length 
five inches and a half; bill an inch and three quarters, 
curved like a fickle : the upper parts of the head, neck, 
and body, are green : on the head a glofs of violet: be¬ 
neath, as far as the bread, violet: tail of the fame colour : 
the great coverts and quills are pale brown. This is in 
the britifh Mufeum ; but from what country is unknown. 
33. Certhia Cinerea, or cinereous creeper. Length 
mine inches ; head, neck, upper part of the back, and 
bread, brownifh afh-colour : lower part of the back, and 
rump, gloffy green : wing coverts the fame : quills brown : 
belly pale yellow : down the middle of the bread and 
belly a mixture of gloffy green : vent white : tail black ; 
the two middle feathers two inches and a quarter longer 
than the red. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
34. Certhia Fufca, or brown creeper.- Length fix 
inches; the plumage on the upper part of the body brown ; 
fides of the neck the fame, edged with white : throat an ( j 
bread barred brown and white; belly very pale browr.^ 
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tail at lead two inches and a half long, even at the end, 
and of a brown colour: quills brown, with pale edges. 
Inhabits the regions about the South Seas. 
3 j. Certhia Carunculata, or wattled creeper ; in length 
feven inches and three quarters : the bill, divided for half 
its length into four fegments, like threads : at the bafe of 
the under mandible is a kind of membrane like a finall 
wattle, of a yellowi'fh colour, and about one fixth of an 
inch in diameter; this is fiurrounded by a patch of yellow 
feathers, which extends under the eye : the irides are ci¬ 
nereous : the plumage brown olive green ; the middle of 
the back darkeft : the belly verging to afii-colour : the 
chin and throat are of a rulty orange-Colour : the bread 
ferruginous. It inhabits Tongataboo, or Amderdam Ifle, 
in the South Seas. In.Captain Cook’s lad voyage, after 
deferibing the bird, it is obferved, that it was the only 
finging one found at Tongataboo; where the drength of 
its melody filled the woods at the dawn of day, in the even- 
ing, and at the breaking up of bad weather. 
36. Certhia Ocrochiora, or yellow-cheeked creeper; 
about half the fize of the common creeper : head, back, 
wings, and tail, green: cheek and throat deep yellow : 
bread and fides yellowifii green, marked with bluidi 
fpots : belly yellow. It inhabits Surinam. 
37. Certhia Cyanogadra, or blue-throated creeper. 
Size of a wren ; length four inches and a quarter; the 
top and fides cf the head, taking in the eyes, hind part 
of the neck, and back, are green: chin, throat, and 
bread, deep blue; belly pale blue; on each fide of the 
neck, between the blue and green, yellowifh white 1 
quills and tail black. It inhabits Cayenne. 
38. Certhia Aurantia, or orange-breaded creeper ; in 
length four inches ; bill curved; the head, throat, hind 
part of the neck, back, and wing "coverts, are green : 
quills and tail dulky black : the fore part of the neck of 
an orange red: the bread and belly pale yellow: legs 
dulky. Inhabits Africa. 
39. Certhia Sannia, or the mocking creeper. Length 
feven inches and a quarter; fize of the leffer thrufh ; bill 
fomewhat bent, flender, long, and dulky ; nodrils large, 
and covered with a membrane: tongue fliarp, pencili- 
form at the tip : irides hazel: on the cheeks a narrow- 
white fpot : the head, efpecially on the crown, inclined 
to violet; the plumage in general is olive green, inclin¬ 
ing to yellow on the under parts : the quids are brown ; 
the lecondaries edged with olive : the colour of the tail 
like that of the fecondaries, and forked. It inhabits 
both the idands of- New Zealand. It has an agreeable 
note ; but at times fo varies and modulates its voice, that 
itfieems to imitate the notes of all other birds; hence it 
was called by the Englifh, the mocking-bird. 
40. Certhia Sanguinea, or crimfon creeper. Length, 
five inches ; bill a little bent; the body in general crim- 
fon, the upper parts deepell: quills black : the feconda¬ 
ries margined with chelnut : belly dufky : vent white : 
the tail black ; all the feathers rather pointed at the end; 
the fhafts white. Inhabits the Sandwich Idands. 
41. Certhia Peregrina, or olive-green creeper; in 
length five inches; bill very little curved, plumage olive- 
green, paled beneath : quills and tail the fame, but more 
dulky ; both edged with yellow : inhabits the Sandwich 
Illands. This is by fome fuppofed to be the female of the 
lad; which is by no means unlikely, as feveral birds, of 
which the male is red, the females are green. 
42. Certhia Cinnamomea, or cinnamon creeper. 
Length five inches; bill very little bent, and black ; the 
upper part of the plumage is the colour of cinnamon ; 
the under parts white : the tail made like our European 
creeper, and of the fame colour as the upper parts of the 
body. This is preferved in the Britifh. Mufeum. 
43. Certhia V.erticalis, or afli-bellied creeper ; in length 
five inches and a half;.tongue bifid: top of the head 
green : the upper parts of the neck, body, and wings, 
pale olive-green ; the under very pale adi-colour : quills 
and.tail brown, edged with green. Inhabits Africa. 
44. Certhia; 
