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BLUE-HEADED CREEPER. 



Certhia cyanocephala. C. olivacea, siibtus grisea, capite collo pec- 



tore.que violaceO'Cceruleis nitentibus. 

 Olive Creeper, with glossy violet-blue head, neck and breast. 

 Le Soui-manga a tete bleue. Vidl. Certh. pi. 7. 



Length about five inches : head, neck, and 

 throat fine violet-blue, with changeable reflexions: 

 remainder of the bird, on the upper parts, olive; 

 on the under deep ash-colour: bill and legs black: 

 beneath the wings a yellow tuft. Native of Ma- 

 limba in the kingdom of Congo in Africa, 



CEYLONESE CREEPER. 



Certhia Zeylonica. C.fusca, suhtus fiam, gula pectorequc azureis. 

 Brown Creeper, yellow beneath, with azure throat and breast. 

 Certhia Zeylonica. C, pileo viridi, dorso ferrugineo, ahdomine flam^ 



gula uropygioque azureis. Lin. Syst. Nat, 

 Ceylonese Creeper. Lath. syn. 



Le Soui-manga a gorge bleue. Viell. Certh. pi. 2^, 30. 



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Certhia Philippina. C. ( rtctricibus duabus intermediis longissimis,) 

 corpore subgriseo virescente, subtus alba-Jlavescente, Lath, ind» 

 orn. Lin. Gmel. 



Philippine Creeper. Lath. sy?i. 



Length about four inches: colour on the upper 

 parts brown; throat and breast fine violet-blue • 



