7 1 6 C R E E P E R .
nor Lizard d a r in g to v en tu re at th e end o f the b ran ch , as i t w o u ld
n o t fte a d ily fu p p o r t th em * .
Mr. Bancroft m en tio n s a Certhia fo u n d in Guiana f , h a v in g an
a rch ed , (lender, and fom ew h a t t r ia n g u la r b ill , w ith a pointed to n g u e ;
its c o lo u r b lu e , b u t th e w in g s and ta i l b la c k , and th e ta i l o f an
u n u fu a l le n g th : w h e th e r th is has any r e la tio n to th e fp e c ie s a b o v e -
m en tio n e d , can n o t b e d e te rm in ed from fo fh o r t a d e fe r ip tio n ; b u t
i t is n o t im p o ffib le th a t it m a y p r o v e th e male o f th e la ft .
28.
BLACKHEADED
CR.
■ -.Certhia {piza, Lin. Syß. i. p. 186. N° v i•
.Le Grimpereau à.tefte noire d’Amérique, B r if. orn. iii. p. 634. N° 16.
Le Guit-guit vert & bleu à tête noire, Buf. oif. v. p. 534.
Avicula Americana altera, Sein7, ii. t. 3. £,4, Lev, .Muf.
D ssciup tio n . ^ B O U T th e fiz e o f a C h a ffin ch : le n g th f iv e in ch e s and a q u a r te
r . B i l l th re e q u a r te r s o f an in ch , and o f a w h it ifh c o lo u r î
j
P la c e .
th e h ead and th ro a t are o f a v e lv e t b la c k : h in d p a r t o f th e n e c k ,
b a c k , rum p , fç ap u la r s , u p p e r w in g and ta il co v q r ts , and q u ills ,
fine g r e e n : fo re p a r t o f th e n e c k , b r e a d , b e lly , fid e s , an d u n d e r
ta i l c o v e r t s , b lu e : ta il d e e p g re en .
In h a b it s America.
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* I do not know any author who has figured this particular neft in his works*;
-but a very good idea .may be formed-by confulting Brif. ont. vol- iii. pl. 1,8.
Will. orn. pl. 77 ; where fuch kinds of artificial nefts, built by other kinds of
-birds, are given.
f Hiß, o f Guiana, p. 164,
Certhi*
Certhia fpiza, £;». Sgtf. p. i8g. N" 12.
Le Grimpereau verd à tête noire du Brefil, Br!/, ont. iii. p. 633. N° 15;
Guit-guit vert & bleu à tête noire, var, 1. Buf. oif. v. p. 533.
Grimpereau à tête noire du Brefil, PL n i. 378. f. 2.
Green black-eap Flycatcher, Eàw. i. pl. 23.— Batter. Guian. p, t82.
L ev . Muf.
2g.
V a a, A.
BLACK-
CAPPES»
.GR,
'T pH IS is about tHe fize of the laft: the length five inches and
a quarter. The bill eight lines in length; the upper man--
dible blackifh; the lower whitifh, but both of them yellowilh at
the bafe: the tongue forked *, In this bird the head is black as-
the laft, but not the throat; the black defeends juft below the
eye, on each fide,,and as far as the nape behind -. the body above
and below is green: quills blackifh, with green-edges: tail the
fame, except the two middle feathers, which are green, with a
black ftripe down the fhaft of each : legs lead-colour..
Bound at Surinam, Brafii, and Guiana.
Description
Pla
Gèrthià fpiza, Lin; SJß. i. p. 186. N® 12. ^
Le Grimpereau verd du Brefil, Brif. ont. iii. p. 6ri. N° I a..— Pi. enl. V ar T?
5 78 .-f.ii BLUE-HEADED
Le Guit-guit vert & bleu a gorge blanche, Buf. «if. v. p. 536*-
Blue-headed green filycatcher, Ednv. i. pl. 25; f. 2.
JN fize and length it is like the two laft; but the top of the
head, and the lefier wing coverts,.are blue : the throat is white y
* It is fo ■ reprefented' in the flanctts tnlnminitt, but I do not fee it remarked
in print..
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