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rower ; the nifous of tlie rump is of a castaneous, instead of yellf>wis]i cast ; 

 the \vin<;s api»ear more unifonn with the Iwick, owing to the dark color of the 

 latter, and their pale markinj,'s have little of that yellowish tin«;e so notice- 

 able in the others. In the ashy tinge of the lower parts there is a resem- 

 blance to/rtwt/iV/m of Eurojie ; but the latter has not the ochraceous cris- 

 8um so noticeable in the present bird. There is little resemblance to Western 

 and Rocky Mountain S})ecimens of the C. mneriruuii ; and if these are to 

 lie considered as separable from the Eastern (which, however, would not, in 

 our opinion, be advisable) they must not be referred to wr.draiia. 



The Mexican Creei)er is introduced here on account of the jn-oljability of 

 its (X'currence in the Southern lJ(x.'ky Mountains. 



Habits. Mr. Salvin found the Mexican Tree-Creeper by no means un- 

 common in the pine forests of the up[)er zone of the Volcan (ie Fuego. He 

 also observed it frequenting pine-trees in the district of Chilasco, Vera Paz, 

 at about 6,000 feet above the sea. 



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