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TUFTED CREEPER. 



Certhia cirrhata. C. olivacca, abdomine caudaque nigris. 



Olive Creeper, with black belly and tail. 



Certhia cirrhata. C. olivacea, abdomine caudaque nigris, lateribus 



pcctoris cirrhoflaro. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Tufted Creeper. Lath. syn. suppl. 



LENGTH four inches: bill black, and consider- 

 ably curved: head, neck, and back deep olive 

 with dusky undulations, owing to the edges of the 

 feathers, which are deeper than the middles : belly 

 and tail black : on each side the breast a tuft of 

 yellow plumes. Native of Bengal. From Lady 

 Impey's collection of drawings. 



RED-BILLED CREEPER. 



Certhia erythrorynchos. C. olivacea, corpore subtus albo, alis cau- 

 daque nigricantibus, rostro rubro. Lath. ind. orn. 



Olive Creeper, with the body white beneath, the wings and tail 

 blackish, and the bill red. 



Red-billed Creeper. Lath. syn. suppl. 



SIZE small: length scarcely more than three 

 inches: breast and belly white: bill red tipped 

 with black : legs dusky. Native of India. From 

 Lady Impey's drawings. 



