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AGILE CREEPER. 



Certhia agilis. Cfusca suhtus alba, vertice nucha colloque supra 



nigris. Lath, ind, orn. suppl. 

 Brown Creeper, white beneath, with the crown, nape, and upper 



part of neck black. 

 Agile Creeper. Lath, syn, suppl, 2. 



Length six inches : an active species, feeding 

 chiefly on insects and the juices of flowers. Native 

 of New Holland. 



PEREGRINE CREEPER. 



Certhia peregrina. C. oUvacea suhtus fiam^ fascia alarum bifida 

 pallida, cauda subforficata, rectricibus duabus exterioribus apicc 

 intus albis. Lath, ind, orn, 



Olive Creeper, yellow beneath, with a pale bifid bar on the wings, 

 and slightly forked tail with the tips of the two exterior fea- 

 thers white on the inside. 



A MIDDLE-SIZED spccics, described by Dr. 

 Latham from a specimen in the Leverian Museum : 

 wings and tail inclining to dusky : female similar 

 to the male, but of paler plumage. Native region 

 uncertain. 



