. A general history of birds . =*^£>^ ~fc~ AeaJuAs. CREEPER. 221 of brown ; over the eye a kind of white eyebrow ; beneath the bodywhite; quills brown, edged with glossy copper; tail blackish, theouter feather tipped with white; legs brown. Supposed to be theyoung imperfect bird of the red breasted. B.—Certhia Sperata, Gm. Lin. i. 13. jS. Ind. Om. i. 283. 8. y. Soui-manga a gorge violctte et poitrine rouge, Buf. v. 499. Ois. dor. ii. p. 54. pi. 3me. de Lu^on, Son. Voy. p. 63. t. 30. D. Gen. Syn. ii. 708. Creeper, Shaws Zool. viii. 208. According to Sonnerat,
. A general history of birds . =*^£>^ ~fc~ AeaJuAs. CREEPER. 221 of brown ; over the eye a kind of white eyebrow ; beneath the bodywhite; quills brown, edged with glossy copper; tail blackish, theouter feather tipped with white; legs brown. Supposed to be theyoung imperfect bird of the red breasted. B.—Certhia Sperata, Gm. Lin. i. 13. jS. Ind. Om. i. 283. 8. y. Soui-manga a gorge violctte et poitrine rouge, Buf. v. 499. Ois. dor. ii. p. 54. pi. 3me. de Lu^on, Son. Voy. p. 63. t. 30. D. Gen. Syn. ii. 708. Creeper, Shaws Zool. viii. 208. According to Sonnerat, the head is pale green; throat glossyviolet; breast vermilion-red, approaching to carmine; back andwings reddish chestnut; quills black; rump and tail like polishedsteel, glossed with green ; under tail coverts dull green. The young bird figured in the Oiseaux dorees, is brown above;throat and breast white; belly light yellow; back and tail brown,the latter paler. This last seems to coincide with Var. A. CREEP
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