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verts, grey brown : the greater coverts above are brown, with 

 olive edges : quills the fame, but the inner edges light afh : tail 

 blackifh brown,, edged outwardly with olive; the tail is wedge- 

 fhaped, the two middle feathers are longer by one inch than the reft : 

 legs and claws blackifh. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. The neft is faid to be con- Place- 



ftrufted with great art, with materials of a filky nature, and very 

 loofe in texture. 



Certhia pulchella, Lin. Syji. i. p. 187. N° 19. 20 _ 



Le Grimpereau a longue queue de Senegal, Brif. ornt iii. p. 645. N 9 21. BEAUTIFUL 



pi. 34. f. 3. CR. 



Le Soui-manga vert dore changeant, a longue queue, Buf. oif. v. p. 519. 

 Grimpereau a longue queue du Senegal, PL enl. 670. f. 1. 



COMEWHAT bigger than a Wren : length nearly feven inches Description. 



and a quarter. Bill eight lines and a half, colour blackifh: 

 head, neck, back, rump, belly,, fides, fcapulars, upper and under 

 tail coverts, and upper wing coverts, green-gold, with a glofs of 

 copper : the breaft is of a fine red*:, on the lower part of the 

 belly a mixture of white : the greater wing coverts, and quills, 

 are brown : tail blackifh, edged on the outfide with green-gold ; 

 the two middle feathers are two inches eight lines longer than the 

 others, which are even at the ends,, or very little rounded : legs 

 blackifh. 



Inhabits Senegal. Plage. 



* In the Planches eluminees the upper part of the bresfti s red and green mixed, 

 and the fore part of the neck wholly green, 



c The 



