THE 
SHINING CREEPER. 
Generic Character. 
Bill (lender, incurvated. and {harp-pointed. 
Tongue differing in fhape in the different fpecies. 
Legs moderately ftout. 
Toes placed 3 before, and 1 behind; back toe 
large : claws hooked and long. 
Linnaeus. Latham. Pennant. 
Specific Character, &c. 
CREEPER with the 2 middle tail-feathers ve¬ 
ry long, the body of a fhining green, the 
under wing-coverts yellow, the lores, (/. e. 
the fpaces between the bill and eye on each 
fide) black. 
Lin. 
FAMOUS CREEPER. 
Latham, vol. 1. p. 720. 
The very numerous genus Certhia contains feveral 
fpecies whofe colours are equal in fplendor to the 
Humming-Birds. The fpecies here reprefented is one 
of the largeft of the genus. Its general colour is a 
rich 
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