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The Scarlet-Creeper of D . Latham seems to be 

 the female of this species, and differs in having the 

 abdomen whitish. It is figured in the third volume 

 of the Naturalist's Miscellany, as well as in the 

 splendid publication of Monsr. Viellot. 



SMALL CRESTED CREEPER. 



Certhia guttata. C. grisea, nigro maculata, dorso rubro, verticc 



subcristato caudaque nigris. 

 Grey Creeper, spotted with black, with red back, slightly crested 



black crown, and black tail. 



A New Holland Creeper. Naturalist's Pocket-Book 1790.pl. 12. 

 L'Heoro-taire mouchete. ViclL Certh. pi. 5Q. 

 Certhia dibapha. ? C. coccineo-rubra, abdomine albo, maculis dorsi 



pectoris per oculos alls caudaque nigris. Lath. ind. orn. suppl. 

 Cochineal Creeper. ? Lath. Suppl. 2. 



SIZE similar to that of the Red-Backed and 

 Cardinal Creepers : crown of the head black, and 

 crested, the feathers being somewhat lengthened : 

 upper part of the back crimson; lower part, wing- 

 coverts, and rump whitish grey, marked with 

 several oblong brown or blackish spots : on the 

 middle of the back, on the red part, a somewhat 

 crescent-shaped transverse black spot : quill-fea- 

 thers black, with grey or whitish edges : tail black : 

 whole under parts white: bill and legs black. This 

 is a beautiful little bird, but since it appears to 

 have been hitherto only known from drawings, I 

 have some doubt of its constituting a species truly 

 distinct from the small red kinds before described, 



