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tip: cheeks and under parts yellow, slightlyvshaded 

 with olive-green : throat and vent olive-green : 

 quill and tail-feathers edged with pale yellow : lores, 

 or spaces between the bill and eyes blackish : bill 

 and legs yellowish brown. Native of the Sand- 

 wic-h islands: supposed by some to be the female 

 of the Crimson Creeper; but Monsr. Viellot as- 

 sures us that this is a mistaken notion ; the female 

 of the present species being olive-grey above, and 

 grey beneath: the bill and legs of the same colour : 

 tail short in proportion to the bird. 



WATTLED CREEPER. 



Certhia carunculata. C. olivacea, subtus marginibusque remigum 

 rectricumqucjla-cescentibus, rostro basi paleanbus dwbus rubris. 



Olive Creeper, yellowish beneath ; the edges of the quill and tail- 

 feathers yellowish, and two red wattles at the base of the 

 bill. 



Certhia carunculata. C. olivaceo-fusca, subtus jtavesccnte-cinerca, 

 gulafuha, ad basin maxilltf inferioris caruncula carnosajla'ca. 

 Lath. ind. orn. 



Wattled Creeper. Lath. syn. 



Le Foulehaio. Viell. Certh. pi. 69. 70. 



LENGTH between seven and eight inches: habit 

 rather stout : colour olive-brown above, the wings 

 and tail deeper, the feathers edged with olive- 

 yellow: under parts deep yellow, with a cast of 

 olive-brown on the throat and breast : bill brown, 

 rather stout, and slightly bent : on each side the 

 base of the lower mandible 'a somewhat length- 

 ened, orange-red, cylimlric caruncle or wattle, 



