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61 —COCHINEAL HONEY-EATER. 



Certhia dibapha, Ind. Orn. Sup. xxxvii. 

 Hooro-taire rouge tachete, Ois. dor. ii. 127. 

 Small crested Creeper, Shaw's Zool. viii. 253. pi. 35. 

 Cochineal Creeper, Gen. St/n. Sup.u. 167. 



LENGTH about three inches and a half. Bill and legs black ; 

 tongue bristly at the end ; plumage in general crimson, but the under 

 parts, from the breast, are white ; on the red of the breast six black 

 spots ; a large spot of black occupies the beginning of the back, a 

 second below the first, and some others smaller of the same on the 

 rump ; through and round the eye a black streak, oval in shape, and 

 pointed ; wings, and tail black, the last very short. 



Inhabits New South Wales ; only seen in the spring, and is a 

 rare species. 



62 —SANGUINEOUS HONEY-EATER— Pl. lxxiii. 



Certhia sanguinolenta, Ind. Orn. Sup. xxxvii. 



Le Heoro-taire sanguin, Ois. dor. ii. 127. 



Sanguineous Creeper, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 167. pl. 130. Shaiv's Zool. viii. 235. 



LENGTH five inches and a half. Bill and legs black ; tongue 

 extensile, bristly at the end ; the upper parts of the bird crimson, 

 marked here and there with a few irregular large black spots ; chin 

 and throat white ; breast and belly dirty pale brown ; shoulders, and 



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