254 CREEPER. 



51.— AMETHYST-THROATED CREEPER. 



Soui-manga a front dore, Ois. dor. ii. 22. pi. 5. 

 Amethyst-throated Creeper, Shaiv's Zool. viii. 195. 



LENGTH between five and six inches. Crown green gold ; 

 general colour of the plumage black ; throat and rump gilded violet ; 

 on the lesser wing coverts, near the bend, a steel blue spot. 



Inhabits various parts of Africa to the Cape of Good Hope. 



A.— Soui-manga a front dore, Ois. dor. ii. 22. pi 6. 



General colour brown ; front to the middle of the crown green 

 gold ; throat as in the other, but less brilliant ; no steel blue spot at 

 the bend of the wing; and the breast appears mottled of two colours. 



Found with the former, and supposed to be a mere Variety. 



52 —BARRED-TAIL CREEPER. 



Certhia grisea, Lid. Orn. i. 300. 



Grimpereau gris de la Chine, Son. Voy. hid. ii. 210. t. 117. 3. 



Soui-manga gris de la Chine, 0\s. dor. ii. p. 64. 



Barred-tail Creeper, Gen. Syn. Sup. 133. Shaio's Zool. viii. 216. 



SIZE of a Titmouse. Bill yellow; top of the head, neck, back, 

 and wings cinereous grey ; throat, breast, and belly very pale rufous ; 



