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HOODED CREEPEH. 



Certliia cucuUata. C. olivaceo-ccerukscens, suhtus sublutea, rmi- 

 gihus rectricibus cuculloque frontali ad pectus utrinque dcscendente 

 nigris. 



Olivaceo-caerulcscent Creeper, subluteous beneath, with black 

 <luill and tail-feathers, and black frontlet descending on each 

 side the breast, 



Certhia tenuirostris. C. dorso cinereo, abdomine rufo, capillitio 

 lunula gulce remigibus rectricibusque nigris. Lath, ind orn, ^ 

 suppl. 



Slender-billed Creeper. Lath, si/n. suppl. 2. 

 Le Cap-noir. Viell. pi. 60, 



This elegant species was described and figured 

 by myself for the work of Mons. Viellot. Its 

 length is about six inches and a half, and its colour 

 on the back and wing-coverts fine blue-grey, in- 

 clining to olive on the upper part near the neck : 

 the crown of the head is black, the colour de- 

 scending on each side the neck in form of a long 

 and moderately broad stripe : the throat and 

 upper part of the breast are yellowish white, vi'ith 

 a blackish crescent across the former, pointing 

 upwards : the lower part of the breast, abdomen, 

 and vent are orange- coloured : the quill and tail- 

 feathers black, but the latter whitish beneath : the 

 bill is longish, slender, and black, and the legs 

 brown. Native of New Holland, 



