THE 
LEONA CREEPER. 
Generic Character. 
Bill llender, incurvated, fharp-pointed. 
Tongue differing in the different fpecies. 
Toes three before; one behind : claws hooked and 
long. 
Specific Character , &c. 
Gold-green CREEPER, with the forehead, chin, 
and pebtoral band violet: the wings brow r n : 
the abdomen yellow. 
I he violet-coloured pe El oral band is bounded by black 
below: the bill and legs are black. 
This bird, which feems to be a fpecies hitherto 
undefcribed, is a native of Sierra Leona, and is re- 
prefented on the plate in its natural fize. The fpe- 
cimen was communicated by Thomas Wilfon, Efq. 
to whom it was fent by Mr. John Lowes, chief fur- 
geon to the Englifh fettlement at Sierra Leona. 
