ORANGE-BANDED CREEPER. 197 



under the name of Soui-Manga a ceinture bleue. 

 It seems however to be no other than a variety of 

 the Collared Creeper, with the red bar wider than 

 usual. 



VAR. ? 



ORANGE-BANDED CREEPER. 

 Le Soui-manga a ceinture orang^e. Vicll. Certh. pi. 34. 



LENGTH about three inches and three quarters : 

 colour of the head, neck, breast, smaller wing- 

 coverts, and back deep gold-green with violet gloss 

 on the face: a glossy band of deep steel-blue 

 passes across the breast, beneath which is a reddish 

 orange-coloured bar: remainder of the under parts 

 black, but deep green for some little distance be- 

 low the orange bar: wings and tail deep brown: 

 beneath the wings a yellow tuft : bill and legs 

 black. Native region unknown: described and 

 figured in the work of Mons. Viellot from a spe- 

 cimen in the Paris Museum. 



