CYANEAisr CHEEPER. 217 



green-gold : wing and tail-feathers greenish black, 

 but the exterior feathers on each side fringed 

 externally with green-gold: beneath each wing a 

 jellow tuft, as in many others of the genus. Na- 

 tive of Africa. The Certhia polita of the Museum 

 Carlsonianum is probably the same, differing 

 slightly in the cast of its colours. 



GARTERED CREEPER. 



Certhia armillata. C. mridis, alis complicatis supra nigriSf subtus 

 luteis, humeris femorum armillis, maculisque aliquot uropygii 

 sapphirinis. Lath. ind. orn. Sparm. Mus, Carls. 2. t» 36. 



Green Creeper, with the wings^ when closed, black above and 

 yellow beneath ; the shoulders, garters of the thighs, and a few 

 spots on the rump sapphire-blue. 



Length five inches : native of Surinam. 



CYANEAN CREEPER. 



Certhia cyanea. C. cyanea^ 'vertice beryllinOj alis caudaque nigris, 



tectricibus inferiorihus Jiavis. 

 Deep-blue Creeper, with beryl-coloured crown, black wings and 



tail, and yellow under-cover^ 

 Certhia cyanea. C. ccerulea, fascia oculari humeris alis caudaque 



nigrisj pcdibus rubris. Lin. Syst. Nat, 

 Le Guit-guit noir et bleu. Buff, ois, PI. Enl 83./. 2. 

 Black and blue Creeper. Edw.pl. 114. Lath, syn, 

 Le Guit-guit. Viell. Certh, pi 41. 42. 43. 

 Yellow-cheeked Creeper. Fenn. gen. Lath. syfi. Perhaps the 



young. 



This elegant little bird measures about four 

 inches and a quarter in length, and is described by 



