THE 
WA LL CREEPER. 
Generic Character. 
Bill {lender, incurvated, {harp-pointed. 
'Tongue differing in the different fpecies. 
‘Toes three before; one behind: claws hooked and 
long. 
Specific Character, &c. 
Grey CREEPER, with black wings and tail; 
the coverts rofe-coloured; the quills edged 
with rofe-colour. 
The Y/ALL-CREEPER, or Spider-catcher. 
Will. orn. p. 143. /. 23, 
Le GRIMPEREAU de muraille. 
Bif ois. 5. p. 487. t. 22, 
The Certhia Muraria or Wall Creeper may be con- 
fidered as one of the rarer European birds, being 
very little known in any other country except Italy; 
and even there it is by no means common. It prin¬ 
cipally frequents towers and other edifices, creeping 
about the walls in queft of in feeds. It is a bird of 
a folitary nature, and is never feen in flocks. The 
male is difiinguifhed by a black ft ripe or longitudi¬ 
nal patch on the throat. The plate reprefents it in 
its natural flze. 
