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BLACK-FRONTED CREEPER. 



Certhia nigrifrons. C. viridis, suhtus Jlava, fronte genisque nigris. 



Lath, ind, orn. suppL 

 Green Creeper, yellow beneath, with black front and cheeks. 

 Black-fronted Creeper. Lath, syn, suppl, 2. 



Colours as in the specific character : tail cunei- 

 form. Native region unknown. Described by 

 Dr. Latham from a specimen in the Leverian Mu- 

 seum : size not particularized. 



BOURBON CREEPER. 



Certhia Borbonica. C. mridi-fusca, subius griseaf lateribus rtifis, 



uropygio Jiavo, Lath, ind, orn. 

 Greenish-brown Creeper, grey beneath, with rufous sides, and 



yellow rump. 

 Yellow-rumped Creeper. Lath* syn. 



Le Soui-manga de I'isle de Bourbon. Buff,ois, PL Enl.6si, 

 /.2. 



Length about five inches: quills and tail black- 

 ish : supposed by BufFon to be either a female or 

 a young bird, and that it is most allied to his 

 Soui-manga marron pourpre et "violet. Native of 

 the Isle of Bourbon. 



