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TUFTED-EARED CREEPER. 



Certhia auriculata . C. fusco-olivacea, marginibus pennarumjkvce*- 

 centibus, subtusjlava, pennis auricularibus elongatis apice flams. 



Olive-brown Creeper with the margins of the feathers yellow ; 

 beneath yellow, with lengthened ear-feathers tipped with 

 yellow. 



Le Heoro-taire a oreilles jaunes, Viell. Certh* pi. 85. 



THIS is a large and handsome species, nearly 

 equalling a Thrush in size, measuring about seven 

 inches and a half in length : crown of the head 

 greenish yellow: throat bright yellow: from the 

 corners of the mouth a black streak, passing 

 through the eyes, widening beyond them, and 

 terminating, at some distance behind the ears, in 

 a lengthened bright yellow plume or tip : back of 

 the head and neck, with the smaller wing-coverts 

 and 'back, blackish-olive; larger wing-coverts and 

 quill-feathers the same with yellowish edges : tail 

 the same, slightly cuneated at the end, and slightly 

 tipped with white : under parts of the throat olive- 

 grey : bill black, shaped like that of a Thrush, and 

 ^emarginated at the tip: .tongue divided and ciliated 

 at the tip. Native of New Holland, frequenting 

 the region of Botany Bay. 



