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BLUEISH-BREASTED CREEPER. 



Certhia diluta. C. subfusca subtus alba, capitejlavescente, pectorc 



caudaque subtus ccerulescentibus. 

 Brownish Creeper, white beneath, with yellowish head, blueish 



breast, and tail blueish beneath. 

 L'Heoro-taire bleu. Viell. Certh. pi. 83. 

 Certhia cserulea. Caerulean Creeper? Lath, suppl. 2. 



SIZE of a Nightingale: length about five inches: 

 colour on the crown of the head and whole upper 

 parts pale brown : under parts white, but the 

 cheeks tinged with yellow ; the breast with pale 

 blue, and the under surface of the tail blue : bill 

 black : tongue divided and pencilled at the tip : 

 legs yellowish brown. Native of New Holland : 

 described and figured by Mons. Viellot, from a 

 drawing communicated by Mr. Francillon. 



SPOT-EARED CREEPER. 



Certhia Xanthotis. C. griseo-fusca subtus alba, remigum margine 



maeulaque auricularijiams. 

 Grey-brown Creeper, with the edges of the quill-feathers and 



spot at the ears yellow. 

 L'Heoro-taire gris. Viell. Certh.pl. 84. 

 Certhia chrysotis. Yellow-eared Creeper. Lath, suppl. 2. 



SIZE a trifle larger than that of the Blueish- 

 Breasted Creeper : colour of the upper parts grey- 

 brown; of the under white: behind each ear a 



