INDIGO CREEPER. 



Certhia Parietum. C. cyanea subtus ritfa, supcrciliis gulaqvt 

 albtSy sub oculis ad nucham tinea nigra. Lath. ind. orn. 



Blue Creeper, rufous beneath, with white brows ami throat, and 

 black stripe beneath the eyes to the nape. 



Indigo Creeper. Lath. syn. suppl. 



Le Rossignol de Muraille des Indes. Sonn. ind. 2. p. 208- 



SIZE of a Fig- Eater : bill black : upper parts 

 pale indigo-blue; under parts rufous. Described 

 from Sonnerat. Native of India* 



BLACK-TAILED CREEPER. 



Certhia melanura. C. capite dorsoque violaceis, pectore abdomi- 

 neque viresccntibus; alisfuscis t cauda nigra subbifida, tibtis digi- 

 tisque atris. Lath. ind. orn. 



Creeper with violet head and back, greenish breast and belly 

 brown wings, and black slightly forked tail. 



Black-tailed Creeper. Lath. syn. suppl. 



Certhia melanura. Sparm. Mus. Carls, t. 5. 



DESCRIBED from Sparmann's Museum Carlsoni- 

 anum. Length seven inche's : bill and legs black : 

 wing-coverts brown, edged with olive. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Jlope. 



