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VIOLET-HEADED CREEPER. 



Cei'tliia violacea. C. aureo-vitidi-violacea, pectore abdomineque 

 aurantiis, remigibus caudaque fuscis, rectricibus duabus mediis 

 elongatis* 



Violet Creeper with green*gold gloss, orange breast and belly, 

 brown quill and tail-feathers, the two middle of the latter 

 elongated* 



Certhia violacea. C. rectricibus duabus longissimis, corporc vio- 

 laceo nitente, pectore abdomineque luteis, Lin, Sy&t, Nat. Lath, 

 ind, orn, 



Certhia crocata. C. olimceo-'fusca, capite aureo-mridi, gula vio" 

 laceo-chalybea^ pectore abdomineque croceis, rectricibus duabus 

 intermediis elongatis, Vivar. Nat, ml. 6. 



Le Soui-nianga a longue queue et a chaperon violet. Buff, ois, 

 PL EnL 670. f. 2. ^ 



Le Soui-raanga a capuchon violet. Viell, Certk. pi, 39, 



Violet-headed Creeper. Lath, $yn» 



In all respects, except in size, which is some- 

 what smaller, this species is extremely allied to the 

 immediately preceding. Its length is rather more 

 than six inches : the head, neck, upper part of the 

 back, scapulars, and smaller wing-coverts are 

 bright violet, appearing glossed with gold-green 

 in particular lights; except in front of the neck, 

 which appears of a deep glossy blue : lower part 

 of the back, rump, wings, upper tail-coverts, and 

 tail olive-brown: breast, belly, and under tail- 

 coverts bright orange, paler near the vent: tail 

 even, but the two middle feathers far longer than 

 the rest. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, re- 

 siding in woods, and said to build a nest of peculiar 



