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I he BLUE           CREEPER.
T      H  E Figure fhews the natural Bignefs of this Bird: It hath a fmall
Head, and
T     a fhort Tail; the Bill agreeing in Shape with the Certhia or Creeper.
I have
given it that Name, tho' the Bill is a little longer, it being about an Inch
long, flender,
and bowed downward, of a blackifh Colour; at the Bafe of the upper Mandible
the
Feathers are Black, which join wvith a black Line drawn from theCorners of
the Moutlh
to the Eyes; under the Bill alfo is a 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
above them, are Black ; the Tail is ihort, very little exceeding the Length
of the
Wings, of a black Colour; the Legs, Feet, and Claws, are of a light yellow
Brown.
TVhe GOLDEN-HEADED BL A C K TI T-M o U s E.
T      H E R E is no Genus of European Birds to which I can liken this Bird
 It is
pretty big-headed, round-body'd, fhort-tail'd and leg'd; it hath the Feet
form'd
diredly as in the King-Pfher, and wanteth only a long Bill to make it a perfedt
King-
ff/er. I believe by its Feet and fhort Legs, it is of that Tribe, and may
perhaps live
and feed on Infeds in Cane Swamps, as the Kig-ßJber does on Fifh, on
the Borders of
Rivers; but this is Conjedture. This Figure fhews the Bird of its natural
Size. I
have feen Dutch Drawings of thefe Birds, entitled, Manakins, which is a Name
the
Hollanders give to fonme Luropean Birds alfo; it hath a fbort Bill, not thick
or very
flender, but fhap'd like the Bills of Tit-mice, of a white Colour; the Crown,
hinder
Part of the Head and Cheeks under the Eyes, are of a bright Orange or Golden-colour;
the Throat, whole Body, Wings and Tail, are Black, yet Ihining 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 Ihort; the Toes as in King-fiJhers, with fmall
Claws;
the Legs, Feet, and Claws, are all of a Flelh-colour.
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
to the Duke from Holland, A ho told me they came from Surinam, a Dutch Settlement
on the Continent of South ,imerica, which lies in a very warm Latitude. I
have
called it a Tit-motju', 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. I have feen
Drawings
of both thefe Birds in the Colledions of the Curious; but no Figures of them
have been
publifh'd wvith Defcriptions, that I know of.


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