SPOTTED-BREASTED CREEPER. 225 



the bird fine velvet-brown or carmelite-colour. The 

 female wants the violet-colour on the forehead* 

 Native of Malimba^ 



SPOTTED-BREASTED CREEPER. 



Certhia maculata. Cfusca, suhtus Jlavescens gula violacea, pcctore 

 fusco-maculato. 



Brown Creeper, beneath yellowish with violet throat, and breast 



spotted with brown. 

 Le Soui-manga varie. ViclL Ccrtk. pi. 21. 



Length about four inches and three quarters : 

 colour on the upper parts brown, mixed or shaded 

 with grey and rufous: throat bright violet bor- 

 dered with brown : remainder of the under parts 

 yellow, dashed down the breast with longitudinal 

 brown spots: bill and legs black. Native of 

 Malimba, frequenting large forests, and often ap- 

 proaching the habitations of the natives, being 

 allured by the flowers of the Cytisus Cajan, com- 

 monly called the Congo Pea, which is much cul- 

 tivated by the Negroes. 



