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RED-BACKED CREEPER. 



Certhia erythronotos. C. coccinea, sultus alba, lateribus colli alls, 



caudaque nigris. 

 Scarlet Creeper, white beneath, with the sides of the neck, wings, 



and tail black. 

 Certhia erythronotos. C. coccinea, subtus rufo-alba, lateribus colli 



fascia nigra, tectricibus alarum atroviridibus, remigibus caudaque 



nigris. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Red -backed Creeper. Lath. syn. suppl. 

 Certhia cruentata? C. mgro-c<zrulescens> subtus alba, vertice 



cermce dorso uropygioque rubris. Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 Black, white and red Indian Creeper. Edw.pl. 81. 

 Red-Spotted Creeper. Lath, synops. 



THE general length of this species seems to be 

 about three inches and a half: the upper part of 

 the head, from the beginning of the bill, is bright 

 scarlet or crimson, and this colour is continued 

 down the whole length of the back and tail-coverts, 

 thus forming a very broad uninterrupted crimson 

 stripe along the whole uoper part of the bird : the 

 sides of the neck, from the bill to the shoulders, are 

 black : the whole wings and tail are also of the 

 same colour : the under parts, from bill to vent, 

 white, but tinged with brown on the abdomen: 

 the bill and legs black. Native of India, China, 

 &c. 



