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SUGAR CREEPEU. 



Certhia saccharina. C. violaceo-ccerulea, remigihua caudaque ni' 

 gricantibus. 



Violaceous-blue Creeper, with blackish wings and tail. 



Certhia Asiatica. C. saturate cosrulea, alis fuscis, rostro pedi- 



busque atris. Lath, ind, orn, 

 Certhia Mahrattensis. C, violaceo-purpurea, remigibus rectrid* 



busque exterioribus nigricantibuSf fasciculo subaxillari flavo. 



Lath, ind, orn, suppl. 

 Marhatta Creeper. Lath, Syn, suppl, 2. 

 Sugar Creeper. Lath, Syn, suppl. 2. 



Length about four inches: on each side the 

 breast, under each wing, a tuft of yellow plumes. 

 Native of India, inhabiting the Marhatta country. 



BLUE-FACED CREEPER. 



Certhia frontalis. C, obscura, capistro gula uropygioque cceruleis. 



Dusky Creeper, with blue face, throat, and rump. 



Certhia frontalis. C. obscura, vertice dorsoque fuscescentibus, 



gula uropygioque cceruleis. Lath. ind. orn, suppL 

 Blue-faced Creeper. Lath, suppl, 2. addit. 



Length five inches: plumage dusky, nearly 

 black on the under parts: face all round the bill, 

 chin, and rump fine blue. Native of Africa. 



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