256 CREEPER. 



54— BLUE-HEADED CREEPER. 



Soui-manga a tete bleue, Ois. dor. ii. 23. pi. 7. 

 Blue-headed Creeper, Shaw's Zooh viii. 203. 



LENGTH four inches and a half; extent of wing five inches 

 and a quarter. Bill ten lines ; head, neck, and throat violet blue, 

 with a metallic lustre ; breast and belly deep grey, paler beneath ; 

 upper parts of the body, wings, and tail olive green; the last rounded 

 at the end, seventeen lines long; on the sides of the breast two 

 yellow tufts of straw-coloured feathers. 



Inhabits Malemba, in Africa. 



55— RADIATED CREEPER. 



Soui-manga raye, Ois. dor. ii. 27. pi. 9. 



BILL and legs dusky ; body above, wings and tail light brown ; 

 the same beneath, but the breast and belly have a mixture of yel- 

 lowish white, arising from the tips of each feather being of that 

 colour. 



Inhabits Africa. 



56.— CARMELITE CREEPER. 



Soui-manga Carmelite, Ois. dor. ii, 42. pi. 20. 

 Carmelite Creeper, Shatv's Zool. viii. 222. 



LENGTH four inches and a half; breadth five inches and a 

 quarter. Bill ten lines ; general colour of the plumage like soot, or 



