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the edges of the feathers of the same colour as the back; 

 underparts white, shaded with sulphur-yellow on the chest 

 and centre of the abdomen ; beak black ; legs and irides 

 dark brown. 



Entire length 2'7 inches ; cidmen 0'45 ; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 2 ; tarsus 0"6. 



Fam. CERTHIID^. 



69. TiCHODROMA MTJRARiA (Linn.). Wall-creeper. 



According to Riippell this species comes into Egypt ; but 

 Von Heuglin (Orn. N. O. Afr. p. 236) observes that he never 

 met with it in any part of North-east Africa, so that I think 

 we may fairly doubt its occurrence in the country. 



Winter flmnage. — Upper parts clear grey, faintly shaded 

 with brown on the head, and inclining to slaty black on the 

 upper tail-coverts ; wings blackish ; the smaller coverts bright 

 crimson, the larger ones edged with the same colour ; the 

 basal portion of the outer web of most of the quills crimson ; 

 the outer primaries have two white spots on the inner web of 

 each feather, the lesser ones have paler tips ; tail black, with 

 dusky ends approaching to white on the outer feathers on 

 each side ; underparts slate-colour, shading into white on 

 the throat ; beak and legs black ; irides dark brown. 



Summer plumage. — Darker grey, and the entire throat and 

 upper breast black. 



Entire length 6'3 inches ; culmen 1 ; wing, carpus to tip, 

 3-9; tarsus 0-9. 



Fig. Sharpe and Dresser, B. of Eur. part vii. 



