SUPERB CREEPER. 193 



and is not less admired for its song than its plu- 

 mage, being considered by some as even superior 

 to the nightingale. 



SUPERB CREEPER. 



Certhia superba. C. aureo-viridis, alls caudaque fuscis, gula 

 violacea aureo-fasciata, pectore abdominequefusco-phoeniceis. 



Gold-green Creeper, with hrowii wings and tail, violet throat 

 with golden band, and dusky-crimson breast and abdomen. 



Le Sougnimbindou. VklL et Aud. Certh. pi. 22. 



THIS most elegant bird is described in the mag- 

 nificent work of Mons. Viellot. Its length is six 

 inches: the crown of the head, upper part of the 

 neck, smaller wing-coverts, back, and rump are 

 bright green-gold : the throat violet blue, glossed 

 with gold: across the upper part of the breast 

 runs a bar of bright gilded yellow^ beneath which 

 the whole under parts are deep brownish crimson: 

 the wings and tail blackish brown; the bill black, 

 and the legs brown. This species was discovered 

 in Malimba in Africa by Mons. Perrein, and is 

 one of the rarest as well as most beautiful of the 

 present genus. 



v. vnr. p. i. 13 



