238 CREEPER. 



27.— SUGAR CREEPER. 



Certhia Asiatica, Ind. Orn. i. 2S8. 



Soui-manga azure, Ois. dor. ii. 210. 



Sugar Creeper, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 159. Shaic's Zool. viii. 258. 



LENGTH about four inches. Bill and legs black ; general 

 colour of the plumage deep blue; wings deep brown. 



Inhabits India. — Major Roberts. I see it also in the drawings 

 of Lord Mountnorris, and on the same paper another, a supposed 

 female ; but this differs in being wholly olive-green ; wings and 

 tail much darker than the rest. 



A.— Certhia Mahrattensis, Ind. Orn. Sup. xxxvi. 

 Mahratta Creeper, Ind. Orn. Sup. ii. 164. 



Length four inches. Bill and legs black ; general colour of the 

 body violet purple; wings dusky brown; tail dusky black; the two 

 middle feathers entirely, and the outer edges of all the others violet ; 

 on each side of the breast a yellow tuft. 



Inhabits the Mahratta country, in India. A specimen in the 

 British Museum. 



