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GREEN-FACED CREEPER. 



Certhia gutturalis. C. fusca, humeris violaceis, front e rindi, gut- 



ture purpureo. 

 Brown Creeper, with violet shoulders, green front, and -purple 



throat. 

 Certhia gutturalis. C. nigricans, gutture viridi-mtente, pectore 



purpureo. Lin. Syst. Nat. 



Grimpereau noirastre du Bresil. Bfiss. orn. 3. p. 659. pi. 23. f. 3. 

 Grinipereau brim du Bresil. PI. Enl. 57 8. f. 3. 

 Green-faced Creeper. Lath. Syn. 



SIZE nearly that of a Linnet : front, to some 

 distance round the bill, green-gold: fore part of 

 the neck bright purple : smaller wing-coverts 

 violet: general colour of the bird dark brown. 

 Native, according to Brisson, of Brasil. This 

 species seems allied to the A met hyst- Throated 

 Creeper, described by Viellot, and figured at pi. 5 

 of his work on this genus. Viellot however de- 

 scribes his bird as a native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



