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VIOLET-HEADED CREEPER. 



Certbia violacca. C. aureo-viridi-violacea, pectorc abdomineque 



uurantiisj rcmigibus caudaque fuscis, rectricibus duabus mediis 



tlongatis. 

 Violet Creeper with green-gold gloss, orange breast and belly, 



brown quill and tail-feathers, the two middle of the latter 



elongated. 

 Certhia violaeea. C. rectricibus duabus l&ngissimis, corporc vio- 



laceo-nitente, pcctore abdomincque lutds. Lin. Syst. Nat. Lath. 



ind. orn. 

 Certhia crocata. C. olivaceo-fusca, capite aurco-viridi, gula vio- 



lacco-chalybca, pectore abdomineque creeds, rectricibus duabus 



intermediis elongatis. Fivar. Nat. vol. 6. 

 Le Soui-manga a longue queue et a chaperon violet. "Buff. ois. 



PI Eid. 670. f. 2. 



Le Soui-manga a capuchon violet. Fife//. Certh. pi. 3Q. 

 Violet-headed Creeper. Lath. syn. 



IN all respects, except in size, which is some- 

 what smaller, this species is extremely allied to the 

 immediately preceding. Its length is rather more 

 than six inches: the head, neck, upper part of the 

 back, scapulars, and smaller wing-coverts are 

 bright violet, appearing glossed with gold-green 

 in particular lights; except in front of the neck, 

 which appears of a deep glossy blue : lower part 

 of the back, rump, wings, upper tail-coverts, and 

 tail olive-brown: breast, belly, and under tail- 

 coverts bright orange, paler near the vent: tail 

 even, but the two middle feathers far longer than 

 the rest. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, re- 

 siding in woods, and said to build a nest of peculiar 



