266 SEBAN CREEPER. 



accuracy. Much allowance must therefore be 



made for specific characters drawn from such 

 sources. 



SEBAN CREEPER. 



Certhia Sebana. C. castaneo-purpurea, vertice rubro, gutture 



viridi, remigihus cnudaque subcyaneis. 

 Chesnut-purple Creeper, with red crown, green throat, and 



dusky-blueish wings and tail. 

 Certhia coccinea. C. rubra, pileo dilutiore, gula juguloque viri- 



dibus, remigibus apice ccerulescentibus. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Avicula Mexicana, seii Hoitzillin. Seb. 1. p. 70. t. 42. f. 6. 

 Trochilus coccineus. Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. 6. 

 Red Creeper. Lath. syn. 

 Var.??? Avicula de Tatac ex Nova Hispania. Seb. 2. p. 74. 



t. 70. f. 8. 



LENGTH about four inches and a half: said to 

 be a native of Mexico. 



The bird figured at No. 8 of pi. 70 in the second 

 volume of Seba is by Brisson and others considered 

 as a variety of the preceding, to which however it 

 does not appear to be greatly allied. Its colour 

 is reddish-chesnut, with the crown of the head 

 black, and the shoulders yellow. 



