. A general history of birds . erica. A.—Certhia pusilla, Lin. i. 185. Gm. Lin. i. 473. Ind. Orn. i. 283. S. /3. Indica, Bris. iii. 621. Id. 8vo. ii. p. 7. Gerin. ii. t. 195. Falcinellus colore Passeris, Klein 107. Id. 108. 14. Seba i. t. bvua et blanc, Bxif. v. 498, Little Brown and White Creeper, Gen. Syn. ii. 707. A. Edw. pi. 26.* ShawsZool. viii. 207. This is half an inch shorter than the last. Bill dull brown ;plumage above brown, glossed with copper; from bill to eye a stripe * A Label tied to Edwardss bird, gave it the name of Honey Thief; and that they arefond of honey is
. A general history of birds . erica. A.—Certhia pusilla, Lin. i. 185. Gm. Lin. i. 473. Ind. Orn. i. 283. S. /3. Indica, Bris. iii. 621. Id. 8vo. ii. p. 7. Gerin. ii. t. 195. Falcinellus colore Passeris, Klein 107. Id. 108. 14. Seba i. t. bvua et blanc, Bxif. v. 498, Little Brown and White Creeper, Gen. Syn. ii. 707. A. Edw. pi. 26.* ShawsZool. viii. 207. This is half an inch shorter than the last. Bill dull brown ;plumage above brown, glossed with copper; from bill to eye a stripe * A Label tied to Edwardss bird, gave it the name of Honey Thief; and that they arefond of honey is clear ; for those who keep birds at the Cape of Good Hope, have manysorts in large cages, and supply them with honey and water ; besides which, they catch flies,which come within reach of their confinement, and in their wild state, probably subsist onboth; for on attempting to transport them, the want of flies on board a ship prevented theirliving more than three weeks, so necessary are insects to their existence. 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. |8. Ind. Om. i. 283. 8. y. Soui-manga a gorge violette et poitrine rouge, Buf. v. 499. Ois. dor. ii. p. 54. pi. 3me. de Lugon, Son. Voy. p. 63. t. 30. D. Gen. Syn. ii. 708. Creeper, Shaws Zoo/, 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.
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