. A general synopsis of birds . iii. p. 607.—Buf. p. 486. Vaiu A. XJran-Specht, Fri/ch. t. 39. DESCRIPTION. CR. Description. THIS bird differs merely in fize from the other, being bigger :thofe who have ieen it, aver that the manners are alike, ex-cept in one circumftance j for Klein f fays, that it is fo tame as tofuffer him to catch it with the hand as it was running up a tree. 2. Certhia viridis, Seep. aim, i. p. 52. N° 60. GREEN PHIS, fays Scopoli, is the fize of the laft nearly: a blue ftripe runs from the bafe of the bill, and defcends down the neck on each fide : a rufous fpot on
. A general synopsis of birds . iii. p. 607.—Buf. p. 486. Vaiu A. XJran-Specht, Fri/ch. t. 39. DESCRIPTION. CR. Description. THIS bird differs merely in fize from the other, being bigger :thofe who have ieen it, aver that the manners are alike, ex-cept in one circumftance j for Klein f fays, that it is fo tame as tofuffer him to catch it with the hand as it was running up a tree. 2. Certhia viridis, Seep. aim, i. p. 52. N° 60. GREEN PHIS, fays Scopoli, is the fize of the laft nearly: a blue ftripe runs from the bafe of the bill, and defcends down the neck on each fide : a rufous fpot on the throat: the plumage on the upper parts of the body is greenifh; on the under pale yellow, mixed * Albin, and other authors, fay as far as twenty ; but Buffbn denies this fromhis own obfervations j how it would be if the eggs were taken away, as mif-chievous boys fometimes ferve the innocent Wren, I know not; perhaps it mightin that cafe continue to lay on till its flock was exhaufted, f Ord. eii. p. 107. .2 -with ^n^-A//^ Lr€e/?er-. ■i. t a/y/?/<-rr C R E E P E R. with green; quills brown, the outer edges green: tail greenifhbrown: legs black. Inhabits Carniola- Scopoli feems at a lofs to know whether it bea variety, or of a different fex from the laft; but if the colours arefuch as he defcribes them, it furely muft be a diftincT: fpecies. 7°3 Place, Lev. Miif. T ENGTH eight inches. Bill an inch andthreequarters, floutat the bafe, and very much hooked ; colour of it brown, witha pale bafe :. the upperparts of the body are black, except che lowerpart of the back, the rump, and upper tail coverts,, which are of a1fine deep yellow : the under parts of the body dufky: the fhoulders,inner ridge of the wing, and part of the inner wing coverts,are of the fame yellow: the baftard wing yellowifh white at theend : the under wing coverts fnow white: the fides of the vent?,the vent itfelf, and the thighs, are yellow : the tail and quills,black : the legs black brown.
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