THE 
CARDINAL CREEPER. 
Generic Character. 
Bill {lender, incurvated, fharp-pointed. 
Tongue differing in fhape in the different fpecies. 
Legs moderately {lout. 
Toes placed three before, and one behind; back 
toe large : claws hooked and long. 
Linmeus. Latham. Pennant. 
Specific Character , &c. 
CARMINE-RED CREEPER, with black wings 
and tail, and whitifh belly. 
CARDINAL CREEPER. 
Lath. Syn. 1 p. 733. 
This bird may be numbered among!! the fmalleft of 
its genus, the figure reprefenting it of its natural fize. 
In its general appearance it feems extremely nearly al¬ 
lied to the certhia cruentata of Linmeus, or red-fpotted 
creeper. It is fuppofed to be a native of fome of the 
Southern iflands, but its particular hiftory feems to be 
unknown. 
