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VAR. ? 

 BIFASCIATED CREEPER. 



Certhia bifasciata. C. mridi-aurea, remigibus, abdominc caudaque 



fuscO'nigricantibw, fascia pectorali rubra antice chalybea. 

 Green-gold Creeper, with blackrfrrown quill-feathers, belly and 



tail, and red pectoral bar bounded above by a steel-blue 



one. 

 Le Soui-manga vert et brun. VielL Certh. pi. 24. 



LENGTH about four inches and three quarters: 

 general appearance greatly resembling that of the 

 Collared Creeper, of which it might even, accord- 

 ing to Mons. Viellot, pass for a variety, but dif- 

 fers in the deeper cast of its plumage, the colour 

 of the abdomen, and in the total want of the tuft 

 of yellow plumes under the wings : the head, neck, 

 throat, upper part of the breast, and beginning of 

 the back are deep green-gold, which colour on the 

 breast sinks into violet-blue, and is terminated by 

 a deep-red band : the wings, tail, and belly are 

 deep brown : bill and legs black. Native of the 

 country of Malimba in Africa, where it is very 

 common. 



