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CAYENNE CREEPER. 



Certhia Cayana. C. viridis, subtus albida cceruleo-punctata gut- 



ture ferrugineo, stria utrinque ccerulea . 

 Green Creeper, whitish beneath and speckled with blue, with 



ferruginous throat marked by a blue stripe on each side. 

 Certhia Cayana. C. mridis nitida, subtus albo striata, rectricibus 



•viridibus, lateralibus inter'ius nigricantibus, Lin. Syst, Nat, 

 Cayenne Creeper. Lath.syn. -mion myi'^i{' 



Le Guit-guit vert tachete. Buff. ois. 

 Grimpereau verd tachete de Cayenne. PI. Enl. 682. y. 2. 



Size of the Common Creeper, but measuring 

 scarcely more than four inches in length: colour 

 above fine palish green, beneath white speckled 

 with blue: throat rufous, with a narrow longi- 

 tudinal blue stripe on -each side: wing and tail- 

 feathers dusky with greenish edges. The female 

 wants the rufous throat, and is of paler colour 

 than the male. Native of Cayenne. 



