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green-gold : wing and tail-feathers greenish black, 

 but the exterior feathers on each side fringed 

 externally with green-gold: beneath each wing a 

 yellow tuft, as in many others of the genus. Na- 

 tive of Africa. The Certhia polita of the Museum 

 Carlsonianurn is probably the same, differing 

 slightly in the cast of its colours. 



GARTERED CREEPER. 



Certhia armillata. C. mridis, alis complicatis supra nigris, subtus 

 luteis, humeris femorum armillis, maculi&que aliquot uropygii 

 sapphirinis. Lath. ind. orn. Sparm. Mus. Carls. 2. t* 36. 



Green Creeper, with the wings, when closed, black above and 

 yellow beneath ; the shoulders, garters of the thighs, and a few 

 spots on the rump sapphire-blue. 



LENGTH five inches : native of Surinam. 



CYANEAN CREEPER. 



Certhia cyanea. C. cyanea, vertice beryllino, alis caudaque nigris, 



tectrictbus inferioribus flams. 

 Deep-blue Creeper, with beryl-coloured crown, black wings and 



tail, and yellow under-coverts. 

 Certhia cyanea. C. cttrulea, fascia ocutari humeris alis caudaque 



nigris, pcdibus rubris. Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 Le Guit-guit noir et bleu. Buff. ois. PL Enl. 83. /. 2. 

 Black and blue Creeper. Edw. pi. 1 14. Lath. syn. 

 Le Guit-guit. V idl. Certh. pL 41. 42. 43. 

 Yellow-cheeked Creeper. Penn. gen. Lath. syn. Perhaps the 



young. 



THIS elegant little bird measures about four 

 inches and a quarter in length, and is described by 



