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ATRICAN CREEPER. 



Certhia Afra. C. aureo-viridis, remigibus caudaque fuscis, fascia 

 pectorali rubra, abdomine albo, uropygio carulco. 



Gold-green Creeper, with brown wings and tail, red pectoral 

 bar, white belly, and blue rump. 



Certhia Afra. C. viridis, abdomine albo, pectore rubro, uropygio 

 caeruleo. Lin. Syst. Nat. 



Red-breasted Green Creeper. Ediu.pl. 347. 



Soui-manga vert a gorge rouge. Buff. ois. 



African Creeper. Lath. syn. 



THIS species has long ago been described and 

 figured by Edwards under the name of the Red- 

 breasted Green Creeper, and measures about four 

 inches and three-quarters in length. " The bill, 

 says Edwards, is pretty long, and bowed down- 

 ward : it is of a dusky colour, as are the legs and 

 feet: the head, neck, back, and covert-feathers of 

 the wings are of a shining- green, reflecting glosses 

 like burnished gold and copper-colour: the coverts 

 on the upper side of the tail are of a fine blue : the 

 greater wing-feathers and the tail, which hath 

 twelve feathers, are of a dark brown colour, the 

 edges of the feathers being a little lighter: the in- 

 sides of the wings and under side of the tail of a 

 lighter brown than they are above : the middle of 

 the breast is covered with fine red feathers: the 

 belly, thighs, and coverts beneath the tail are of a 

 light brown or ash-colour, almost white beneath 

 the tail." This bird is a native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope, where it is found in woody situations, 



