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19.— GREY CREEPER. 



Certhia curruearia, Ind. Orn.'i. 285. Lin. i. 185. Gm.Lin. 474. Boroiosk. ii. 154. 

 Certhia Philippensis grisea, Bris. iii. 615. t. 30. 1. Id. 8vo. ii. p. 5. 

 Grimpereau gris des Philippines, Buf. v. 508. PI. enl. 576. 2. 

 Soui-manga a cravate violette, Ois. dor. ii. 35. pi. 15. 

 Grey Creeper, Gen. Syn. ii. 714. Shaio's Zool. viii. 221. 



LENGTH four inches and three quarters. Bill three quarters of 

 an inch long, black ; tongue forked ; upper parts of the body grey 

 brown ; the under yellowish white, deeper on the breast ; down the 

 middle of the neck to the breast a deep violet stripe, beginning at 

 the chin ; upper wing coverts violet, with a steely gloss ; quills 

 brown ; tail one inch and a quarter long, and black, edged steely 

 blue, and whitish at the tip ; legs black. 



A. — Certhia jugularis, Ind. Orn.'i. 286. Lin. i. 185. Gm.Lin.'i. 474. Gerin. ii. 



t. 199. 1. 

 Certhia Philippensis minor, Bris. iii. 616. t. 33. 5. Id. 8vo. ii. p. 5. 

 Petit Grimpereau des Philippines, Buf. v. 509. PI. enl. 576. 3. 

 Soui-manga a cravate bleue, Ois. dor. ii. 53. pi. 31. 



Length three inches and a half. Bill nine lines, blackish ; plu- 

 mage above grey-brown, beneath yellow ; on the throat a large 

 deep violet spot ; quills grey brown ; tail deep brown, the two outer 

 feathers obliquely tipped with yellowish white ; legs blackish. 



Inhabits the Philippine Islands. — M. Audibert says, the bill is 

 toothed, and the tongue dusky, divided into two filaments at the 

 end ; top of the head, and rump blue, and the glossy blue longitu- 

 dinal band reaches as far as the breast. 



