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CAYENNE CREEPER. 



Certhia Cayana. C. viridis, subfus albida coeruleo-punctata gut- 



(ureferrugineo, stria utrinque ccerulea. 

 Green Creeper, whitish beneath and speckled with blue, with 



ferruginous throat marked by a blue stripe on each side. 

 Certhia Cayana. C. viridis nitida, subtus albo striata, rectricibus 



viridibus, lateralibus interim nigricantibus, Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 Cayenne Creeper. Lath. syn. 

 Le Guit-guit vert tachete. Buff", ois. 

 Grimpereau verd tachete de Cayenne. PL Enl. 682. /. 2. 



SIZE of the Common Creeper, but measuring 

 scarcely more than four inches in length: colour 

 above fine palish green, beneath white speckled 

 with blue: throat rufous, with a narrow longi- 

 tudinal blue stripe on each side: wing and tail- 

 feathers dusky with greenish edges. The female 

 wants the rufous throat, and is of paler colour 

 than the male. Native of Cayenne. 



