206 RED-BREASTED CREEPER. 



the feathers being widely tipped with crimson, 

 while the middle is blueish green-gold, and the 

 base nearly black : the beak is moderately curved, 

 and of a black colour, as are also the legs. Na- 

 tive of Senegal. 



The bird figured at plate 9/ of the superb work 

 of Monsieur Viellot, under the title of Soui-manga 

 raye, seems to be the female of this species, and 

 differs from the male in being of a ferruginous 

 brown colour, with the breast and belly varied by 

 transverse yellowish white undulations, each feather 

 being tipped with that colour. 



RED-BREASTED CREEPER. 



Certliia sperata. G. subferruginca, vertice humerisque viridi-aureis, 



gula uropygioque riolaceis, pectore abdomineque rubris. 

 Subferruginous Creeper, with gold-green crown and shoulders, 



violet throat and rump, and red breast and belly. 

 Certhia sperata. C. purpurea, subtus coccinea, capite gula uropy- 



gioque violaceis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 Le Soui-manga marron-pourpre a poitrine rouge. Ruff. ois. 



Pl.Enl.246.f. 1.2. 

 Red-breasted Creeper. Lath. syn. 

 Le Soui-manga a gorge violette. Viell. Certh. pi. 32. 

 Le Soui-manga a ceinture marron. Viell. Certh. pi. l6. 

 Certhia aurantia. ? Lath. ind. orn. 

 Orange-breasted Creeper. ? Lath. syn. 



LENGTH about four inches : crown of the head 

 and smaller wing-coverts green-gold : throat gild- 

 ed violet ; neck, and upper part of the back ferru- 



