The BuuvrE. CREEPER. 
‘HE. Figure thews the natural Bignefs of this Bird: It hath a {mall Head, and 
| a fhort Tail; the Bill agreeing in Shape with the Certhia or Creeper. 1 have 
given it that Name, tho’ the Bill is alittle longer, it being about an Inch long, flender, 
‘and bowed downward, of a blackif Colour ; at the Bafe of the upper Mandible the 
Feathers are Black, which join with ablack Line drawn from the Corners of the Mouth 
to the Eyes; under the Bill alfoisa black Mark, drawn a pretty way down the Throat, 
as in the Cock=Sparrow; the whole Head and Body is of a fine deep Blue; the leffer 
Covert-feathers of the Wings are alfo Blue; the prime Feathers, and the Row next 
aboye them, are Black; the Tail is fhort, very little exceeding the Length of the 
‘Wings, of a black.Colour; the Legs, Feet, and Claws, are ofa light yellow Brown. - 
The GOLDEN-HEADED Buacx. Ti T-M 0 USE...” 
FIXH ERE is no Genus of European Birds to which I can liken this Bird: Hltass 
pretty big-headed, round-body’d, fhort-tail’d and leg’d ; it hath the Feet form’d 
dire@tly as in the King-fi/ker, and wanteth only a long Bill to make ita perfect King- 
Sifber. \ believe by its Feet and fhort Legs, it 1s of that Tribe, and may perhaps live. 
and feed on Infeéts in Cane Swamps, as the King-fi/ber does on Fith, on the Borders of 
Rivers; but this is Conje@ure. This Figure thews the Bird ofits natural Size. I 
have feen Dutch Drawings of thefe Birds, entitled, Mangdins, which is a Name the 
Hollanders give to fome European Birds alfo; it hath a fhort Bill, not thick or very 
flender, but fhap’d like the Bills of Tzt-muce, of a white Colour; the Crown, hinder 
Part of the Head and Cheeks under the Eyes, are of a bright Orange or Golden-co- 
lour; the Throat, whole Body, Wings and Tail, are black, yet {hining with a blue or 
purplifh Glofs when expofed to a good Light ; the Feathers covering each Knee are 
of an Orange-colour; the Legs very fhort; the Toes as ‘in King-fifoers, with {mall 
Claws; the Legs, Feet, and Claws, are all Ofia F levit-c OO Witas amen oa an ‘a eg 
Thefe two curious Birds, above defcrib’d, were lent me by his Grace the Duke of © 
Richmond. ‘They are neatly fet up, with many others, in Glafs- Cafes: they were fent 
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to the Duke from Hollund, who told me they came from Surinam, a Dutch Settlement _ 
on the Continent of South America, which lies in avery watm Latitude. I have 
called it a Tit-moufe, becaufe it hath a Bill like that Tribe of Birds, and is of the fame 
Size; but I do not think it a Species belonging to that Genus. 1 have feen Drawings 
of both thefe Birds in the Colleétions of the Curious; but no Figures of them hive 
been publith’d with Defcriptions, that I know of. 
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