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facing the water, and is divided internally into 

 two parts, one forming the entrance or passage, 

 and the other the receptacle for the young. 



This species admits of some variety as to colour 

 in different regions, and is in some parts, as in 

 Jamaica for instance, of a black rather than a 

 brown colour. 



RED-RUMPED CREEPER. 



Certhia crythropygia. C.fusca, sullus albiJa, uropygio strigisque 



maxillaribus rubris. Lath. ind. orn. suppl. 

 Brown Creeper, whitish beneath, with red rump and maxillary 



streaks. 

 Red-rumped Creeper. Lath. syn. suppl. 2. 



DESCRIBED by Dr. Latham from a drawing: 

 size uncertain: bill and legs black: tongue bristly: 

 plumage on the upper part of the body pale 

 brown ^ beneath dusky white : rump crimson : on 

 each side of the jaws three or four crimson streaks: 

 outer part of the quills and tail dusky; some of the 

 outer feathers of the last pale or nearly white at 

 the end. Native of New Holland, and said to be 

 a very rare species. 



