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BLUE-HEADED CREEPER. 



Certhia cyanocephala. C. olivacea, subtus grisea f capite collopec- 



toreque violaceo-cceruleis nitentibus. 



Olive Creeper, with glossy violet-blue head, neck and breast. 

 Le Soui-manga a tete bleue. Viell. Certh. pi. 7. 



LENGTH about five inches : head, neck, and 

 throat fine violet-blue, with changeable reflexions: 

 remainder of the bird, on the upper parts, olive; 

 on the under deep ash-colour: bill and legs black: 

 beneath the wings a yellow tuft. Native of Ma- 

 limba in the kingdom of Congo in Africa. 



CEYLONESE CREEPER, 



Gerthia Zeylooica. C.fusca, subtus jtat:a, gtila pcctorequc azureis. 

 Brown Creeper, yellow beneath, with azure throat and breast. 

 Certhia Zeylonica. C. pileo viridi, dursoferrugineo, abdominejlaio, 



gula uropygioque azureis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 Ceylonese Creeper. Lath. syn. 

 Le Soui-manga a gorge bleue. VidL Certh. pi. 2p, 30. 



FEMINA? 



Certhia Philippina. C. (rtctricibus duabiis intermediis longissimisj 

 corpore subgriseo virescente, subtus alba-JlaTesccnte. Lath. ind 

 orn. Lin. Gmel. 



Philippine Creeper. Lath. syn. 



LENGTH about four inches: colour on the upper 

 parts brown : throat and breast fine violet-blue : 



