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VIOLET-THROATED CREEPER. 



Certhia affinis. C. purpureo'castanea, fronte humeris uropi/gioque 

 viridi-aureis, gula violacea, pectore abdomineque rubris, 



Purple-chesnut Creeper, with green-gold forehead, shoulders and 

 rump, violet throat, and red breast and belly. 



Le Soui-manga a gorge violette. Viell. CertL PL 32. 



Length near four inches: forehead, smaller wing- 

 coverts, and rump green-gold : throat bright violet: 

 breast and belly bright red : thighs and vent yellow: 

 back part of head and upper part of back purplish 

 chesnut : wings and tail olive-brown. Native of 

 the Philippine isles. In reality, this species seems 

 to be no other than the Certhia sperata. 



VIOLET CREEPER. 



Certhia Madagascariensis. C. aureo'olhacea^ remigibus caudagne 

 fusciSf pectore cceruleo ferrugineo fuscoque fasciato^ abdomine 

 flavescente. 



Gold-olive Creeper, with brown wings and tail, breast barred with 

 blue ferruginous and brown, and yellowish belly, 



Certhia Madagascariensis. C. olivaceo-viridis nitem^ pectore fusco 

 cceruleo castaneoque fasciato, abdomine Jiavescente, humeris macula 

 fulva. Lath* ind, orn, 



Certhia Madagascariensis violacea. Briss, oriu 



Le Soui manga. Buf.ois, 



Violet Creeper. Lath, syn, 



Le Soui-manga. Viell. Certh.pl. 18. 



Length about four inches: head, neck, begin-^ 

 ning of the back, smaller wing-coverts, and upper 



