242 CREEPER. 



32— RED AND GREY CREEPER. 



Soui-manga rouge et gris, Ois. dor. ii. 58. pi. 36. 



Le Figuier rouge a aisles et Queue noire, et ventre gris, Levail. Afr. iii. 151. pi. 136, 

 f. 1. 2 ? 



BILL and legs dusky. Head, neck, back, and breast, fine red ; 

 from belly to vent light grey ; wings and tail black. This, if the 

 same with Levaillant's bird, said to be red in the male, where it is 

 brown in the female, and to inhabit Amboina. — One of these brought 

 from Java, was named Sopa. 



Among the drawings of Mr. Dent are two birds, four inches 

 long, probably these ; one with the head, neck, breast, and back 

 crimson ; lore black ; some of the feathers on the sides, and back of 

 the neck fringed with black, appearing like curved bars ; on the 

 back some black spots ; breast alternate red and white ; belly and 

 vent pale ash-colour; wings and tail, bill and legs black. 



Another, supposed to be the female, had the upper parts of the 

 head, neck, back, and wings, pale brown ; forehead and chin mottled 

 brown and white, from thence the under parts are very pale yellow ; 

 rump and base of the tail buff-colour. 



In some of the males the crimson extends quite to the belly. 



