7 13 



Place. 



CREEPER. 



moft likely merely differs in fex from that mentioned by Lin- 

 naus and Buffon, in which the belly was white. 



I received this fpecimen from the Cape of Good Hope. 



Var.B. 

 Description. 



TN the collection of Mifs Bkmefield, I obferved a further variety, 

 which anfwered, in all refpe&s, to my bird, except in having 

 .the fore parts of the neck, from the chin to the breaft, of a glofiy 

 purplifh blue, and the bar on the breaft of a deep red, Inclining 

 to purple. 

 From whence this bird was received is uncertain. 



19. 



VIOLET- 



HEADED 



CR. 



-Certhia violacea, Lin. SyJ}. i. p. 188. N° 22. 



Le petit Grimpereau a longuequeue du Cap de Bonne Efperance, Brif. orn, 



iii. p. 649. N" 23. pi. 33. f. 6. 

 Le Soui-manga a longue queue & a Capuchon violet, Buf. cif. v. p. 517. 

 Petit Grimpereau a longue queue du Cap <de Bonne Efperance, PL tnl-. 



670. f. z. 



Lev. Muf. 



Description. '"TpHIS is very little bigger than our Creeper : length rather more 

 than fix inches. Bill near an inch long, and blackifh : the 

 head, neck, upper part of the back, fcapulars, and leffer wing 

 coverts, are of a bright violet, and, viewed in certain lights, appear 

 gloffed with green, except on the fore part of the neck, which 

 inclines to blue : the lower part of the back, rump, and upper 

 tail coverts, are olive brown ; breaft, belly, and under tail co- 

 verts, bright orange, paleft near the vent : the fides of the body 

 are orange, with a mixture of olive : thighs, and under wing co- 

 verts 



