AMETHYST-THROATEtf CREEPER. 



Certhia Ametbystina. C. subviolaceo-nigra, vcrtice viridi-aureo, 



gula ttropygioquc arncthystinis. 

 Subviolaceous'black Creeper, with gold-green crown, and ame* 



thyst throat and rump. 

 JLe Soui-mauga a front dore. Vitll. Certh, pi. J. 0. 



SIZE and habit of Lolenian Creeper: colour 

 velvet-black, with a slight gloss of violet : forehead 

 gold-green: throat bright violet or amethyst-co- 

 lour, with a changeable cast of blue: rump of 

 similar colour: tips of the shoulders steel-blue: 

 bill and legs black. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. In its young state this species is said to 

 be brown above, and pale ash-coloured beneath, 

 spotted with brown ; the forehead and throat as in 

 the advanced bird, but less bright. 



