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ASH-BELLIED CREEPER. 



Certhia verticalis. C. viridi-olivacea, subtus cinerasccns, vertice 

 viridi, remigibus caudaquefuscis. Lath. ind. orn. 



Oiive-green Creeper, pale cinereous beneath, with green crown, 

 and brown wing and tail-feathers. 



Ash-bellied Creeper. Lath. syn. suppl. 



LENGTH five inches and a half: bill black : quili 

 and tail-feathers brown, edged with green : legs 

 black. Native of Africa. Described from a spe- 

 cimen in the British Museum. 



SNUFF-COLOURED CREEPER. 



Certhia tabacina. C. tabacina, subtus viridis, cauda viridi-nigri- 



cante, rectricibus duabus longissimis. 

 Snuff-coloured Creeper, green beneath, with blackish-green tail 



with the two middle feathers much elongated. 

 Certhia tabacina. C. rectricibis duabus intermediis longissimis, 



corpora supra capite colloque tabacino, subtus niridi, rectricibus 



viridi-mgrica?itibus. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Snuff-coloured Creeper. Lath. syn. suppl. 



LENGTH eight inches and a half : bill an inch 

 and quarter, not much bent, and of a blackish 

 brown colour : under wing-coverts yellow : two 

 middle tail-feathers double the length of the rest. 

 This species seems considerably allied to the Cer- 

 thia famosa. 



