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HOODED CREEPER. 



Certhia cucullata. C. olivaceo-ccerulesccns, subtus sublutea, rcmi- 



gibus rectricibus cuculloque frontali adpectus utrinque desccndente 



nigris. 

 Olivaceo-caerulescent Creeper, subluteous beneath, with Wack 



quill and tail-feathers, and black frontkt descending on each 



side the breast. 

 Certhia tenuirostris. C. dorso clnerco, abdominc rufo, capillitio 



iunula gulae remigibus rectricibusque nigris. Lath, ind orn. 



wippl. 



Slender-billed Creeper. Lath. syn. suppt. 2. 

 Le Cap-noir. Viell. pi. 60. 



THIS elegant species was described and figured 

 by myself for the work of Mons. Viellot. Its 

 length is about six inches and a half, and its colour 

 on the back and wing-coverts fine blue-grey, in- 

 clining to olive on the upper part near the neck : 

 the crown of the head is black, the colour de- 

 scending on each side the neck in form of a long 

 and moderately broad stripe : the throat and 

 upper part of the breast are yellowish white, with 

 a blackish crescent across the former, pointing 

 upwards : the lower part of the breast, abdomen, 

 and vent are orange-coloured : the quill and tail- 

 feathers black, but the latter whitish beneath : the 

 bill is longish, slender, and black, and the leg* 

 brown. Native of New Holland* 



