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PORPHYR1AN CREEPER. 



Certhia porphyriaca. C. violacea, lunula subcollari humerisque 



Jla-vis. 

 Violet Creeper, with yellow shoulders and collar beneath the 



neck. 



Certhia purpurea. C. corpore toto purpureo. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Avis Virginiana phoenicea, de Atototl dicta. Seb. 1. t. Jl.f, 7. 

 Purple Creeper. Lath. syn. 



LENGTH about four inches and a half: colour 

 deep purple or violet, with a yellow crescent under 

 the neck, and yellow shoulders ; the latter pro- 

 bably no other than the yellow subaxillary plumes 

 ill represented. Said by Seba to be a native of 

 Virginia and to sing very sweetly. 



MACASSAR CREEPER. 



Certhia Macassar iensis. C. viridi-mtrta, lateribus corporis ob- 



scurisj remigibus nigricantibus. 

 Green-gold Creeper, with the sides of the body dusky, and the 



quill-feathers blackish. 

 Certhia Macassarieusis. C. viridi-aurata, subtus nigricante-ftisca. 



Lath. ind. orn. 



Macassar Creeper. Lath. syn. 

 Avis Tsioei indica orientalis. Seb. ] . p. 100. t. 63. f. 3. 



FROM Seba's figure this should seem to be one 

 of the larger species. In its general appearance 

 and colours it much resembles the Certhia Jamosa 



