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GREAT HOOK-BILLED CREEPER. 



Certhia Pacifica. C. nigra t alula uropygio crisso fcmoribusqut 



Jlavis, rostro longissimo. 

 Black Creeper, with yellow alulet, rump, veijt, and thighs, and 



v*ry long bill. 

 Certhia pacifica. C. rostro longissimo ineurcato, corpore atro t 



kumcris uropygio crisso femoribusquejlavis. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Le Hoho. Viell. Certh. pi. 63. 

 Great Hook-billed Creeper. Lath. syn. 



A LARGti species: length about eight inchest 

 colour deep black, with the rump, lower part 

 of the belly, and thighs bright yellow : alulet or 

 spurious wing yellowish white: quill-feathers edged 

 with grey: under coverts mixed yellow and white : 

 bill brownish black, very stout, long, and greatly 

 curved: legs black. Native of Owhyhee and 

 other South-Sea islands. 



HOOK-BILLED GREEN CREEPER. 



' 

 Certhia obscura. C. olivaceo-viridis subtus $ubflcrocscens f restr* 



longissimo, lorisfuscis. 

 Olive-green Creeper, subflavescent beneath, with very long bill 



and dusky lores. 

 Certhia obscura. C. fusco-mrens rostro longissimo incwroato^ 



mandibula inferiore breoiore, lorisfuscis. Lath. ind. orn 

 L f Akaie-aroa. Viell. Certh. pi. 53. 

 Hook-billed green Creeper. Lath. syn. 



DESCRIBED by Dr. Latham. " Length seven 

 inches : bill an inch and three quarters long, and 



