CREEPER. 257 



carmelite colour, and appearing like velvet; hind part of the neck, 

 and beginning of the back palest ; wings violet brown, changeable 

 in different lights ; beneath black ; between the bill and eye a small 

 spot ; forehead, throat, and wing coverts glossy violet. 



The female wants the violet on the front. 



Inhabits Malemba, in Africa. 



57.— VARIED CREEPER. 



Soui-manga vane, Ois. dor. ii. 43. pi. 21. 

 Spotted-breasted Creeper, Shaw's Zool. viii. 223. 



LENGTH four inches and a half. Plumage above brown, 

 beneath yellow brown ; chin and throat gilded purple. 



Inhabits the great forests of Africa, often approaches habitations ; 

 fond of the flower of the Congo or Angola Peas,* which are culti- 

 vated by the natives for the sake of the grain. It probably is a 

 Variety of the Blue-headed Species. 



58— VIOLET-THROATED CREEPER. 



Le Sougnimbindou, Ois. dor. ii. 44. pi. 22. 



Superb Creeper, Shaw's Zool. viii. 193. Nat. Misc. pi. 865. 



LENGTH six inches. Bill thirteen lines, dusky; head below 

 the eyes, neck behind, and back, golden green ; throat fine gilded 

 violet and purple ; belly and sides deep red ; across the breast a fine 

 gilded band; quills, tail, and legs dusky. 



* Cytisus cajan, Lin. Called also Pigeon Peas in the West India Islands, and culti- 

 vated by the Inhabitants, as a desirable culinary vegetable. 



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