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BLUEISH-BREASTED CREEPER- 



Certliia diluta. C. suhfusca suhtus alba, capite Jlavescentt , pectore 



caudaque suhtus ccerulescentibus. 

 Brownish Creeper, white beneath, with yellowish head, blueish 



breast, and tail blueish beneath. 

 L'Heoro-taire bleu. Viell. Certh. pL 83. 

 C^rthia caerulea. Caerulean Creeper? Lath, suppl. 2. 



Size of a Nightingale: length about five inches: 

 colour on the crown of the head and whole upper 

 parts pale brown : under parts white, but the 

 cheeks tinged with yellow ; the breast with pale 

 blue, and the under surface of the tail blue : bill 

 black: tongue divided and pencilled at the tip : 

 legs yellowish brown. Native of New Holland: 

 described and figured by Mons. Viellot, from a 

 drawing communicated by Mr. Francillon. 



SPOT-EARED CREEPER. 



Certhia Xanthotis. C. griseo'fusca suhtus alha, remigum margine 



maculaque auricularijiams. 

 Grey-brown Creeper, with the edges of the quill-feathers and 



spot at the ears yellow. 

 L'Heoro-taire gris. Viell. Certh.pl. 84. 

 Certhia chrysotis. Yellow-eared Creeper. Lath.suppL 2, 



Size a trifle larger than that of the Blueish- 

 Breasted Creeper : colour of the upper parts grey- 

 brown 5 of the under white; behind each ear a 



