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WHITE-COLLARED CREEPER. 



Certhia semitorquata. Cferruginea, alls caudaque fuscis, genis 



lunulaque pectorali albis. 

 Ferruginous Creeper, with brown wings and tail, and white cheeks 



and pectoral crescent. 

 Le Heoro-taire a collier blanc. VielL Certh.pL 56. 



Length five inches and a half: colour deep 

 cinnamon or rufous brown, darkest on the back : 

 crown of the head, wings, and tail dusky, the two 

 exterior feathers white from the middle to the end: 

 cheeks white : throat crossed by a white crescent 

 pointing upwards : bill and legs black. Native of 

 tlie Southern isles. 



MOCKING CREEPER. 



Certhia Sannio. C. oUvacea, alis caudaque suhf areata fuscis* 

 Olive Creeper with the wings and slightly-forked tail brown. 

 Certhia Sannio. C, viridi-oUvacea, subtus JtavescenSj genis macula 



alba, Cauda subforcipata. Lath, ind. orn. 

 Mocking Creeper, Lath. syn. 

 Le Neghobarra. Viell. Certh. pi, ^4. 



A LARGE species: length about eight inches 

 and a half : colour olive; the wings and tail pur- 

 plish brown, th-e latter slightly forked : bill black, 

 rather small for the size of the bird: legs lead- 

 colour. Native of New Holland : said to have a 

 fine note, and to imitate those of most other birds 



