CREEPER. 239 



28— BLUE-RUMPED CREEPER. 



Certhia Afra, Ind. Orn. i. 28G. Lin. i. 186. Gm. Lin. i. 476. 



viridis, Ind. Orn. i. 298. 



Grimpereau verd du Cap de bonne Esperance, S071. Voy.Ind. ii. 208. pi. 116. 2. 



Soui-manga vert a Gorge rouge, Buf. v. 514. 



Blue-rumped Creeper, Gen. Syn. Sup. p. 131. 



Red-breasted Green Creeper, Edw. t. 347. 



African Creeper, Gen. Syn. ii. 717. Shaw's Zool. viii. 192. 



LENGTH between four and five inches. Bill one inch, dusky; 

 head, neck, back, and wing- coverts shining green, glossed with 

 green and copper in different lights ; across the breast a bar of fine 

 red ; upper tail coverts fine blue ; quills and tail dark brown, paler 

 on the margins ; inside of the wings, and beneath the tail lighter 

 than above; belly, thighs, and under tail coverts white; legs black. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope, said to sing as well as any 

 Nightingale, with a sweeter voice ; met with by Mr. Salt, at Mosam- 

 bique. 



A.— Certhia scarlatina, Mus. Carls, t. 58. Born. Phys. 76. t. 2. Ind. Orn. i. 297. B. 

 Gen. Syn. ii. 717. 



This Variety does not materially differ, but the belly is ash- 

 coloured, and not white ; rump glossy violet ; tongue bifid, and a 

 tuft of fine yellow feathers under each wing. 



I found two specimens of this among the birds of Mr. Salt. I 

 have also a third in my own collection. 



