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SUGAR CREEPER. 



Certhia saccharina. C. violaceo-ccerulea, remigibus caudaque wi- 



gricantibus. 



Violaceous-blue Creeper, with blackish wings and tail. 

 Certhia Asiatics. C. saturate coerulea, alls fuscis, rostro pedi- 



busque atris. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Certhia Mahrattensis. C. violaceo-purpurea, remigibus rectrici- 



busque exterioribus nigricantibus, Jasdculo subaxillari flaw. 



Lath. ind. orn. suppl. 

 Marhatta Creeper. Lath. Syn. suppl. 2. 

 Sugar Creeper. Lath. Syn. suppl. 2. 



LENGTH about four inches: on each side the 

 breast, under each wing, a tuft of yellow plumes. 

 Native of India, inhabiting the Marhatta country. 



BLUE-FACED CREEPER. 



Certhia frontalis. C. obscura, capistro gula uropygioquc ccerukis. 



Dusky Creeper, with blue face, throat, and rump. 



Certhia frontalis. C. obscura, vertice dor&oque fusccscentibus, 



gula uropygioque cxruleis. Lath. ind. orn. suppl. 

 Blue-faced Creeper. Lath, suppl. 2. addit. 



LENGTH five inches: plumage dusky, nearly 

 black on the under parts: face all round the bill, 

 chin, and rump fine blue. Native of Africa. 



