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SICKLE-BILLED CREEPER. 



Certhia falcata. C. rostro longissimo incurvato, corpore viridi, 

 subtus caudaque violaceis, tectricibus alarum majoribus remigibus 

 abdomineque pallide fuscis. Lath.ind. orn. 



Green Creeper, with very long incurved bill, violaceous breast 

 and tail, and pale-brown wings. 



Sickle-billed Creeper. Lath. syn. 



THUS described by Dr. Latham, from a spe- 

 cimen in the British Museum. " Length five 

 inches and a half: bill an inch and three quarters 

 in length, curved like a sickle, and of a dusky 

 colour: the upper parts of the head, neck, and 

 body are green : on the head a gloss of violet : 

 beneath, as far as the breast, violet : tail of this 

 last colour: the great coverts and quills are pale 

 brown: belly and vent pale brown : legs the same: 

 claws black." Native region unknown. 



