S66 SEBAN- CREEPER. 



accuracy. Much allowance must therefore be 



made for specific characters drawn from such 

 sources. 



SEBAN CREEPER. 



Certhia Sebana. C. casfaneo-purpurea, vertice rubro, gutiure 



tiiridi, remigibus caudaque subcyaneis, 

 Chesnut-purple Creeper, with red crown, green throaty and 



dusky-blueish wings and tail. 

 Certhia coccinea. C. rubra, pileo dilutiore, gula juguloque viri^ 



dibuSy remigibus apice ccerulescentibus. Lath, ind. orn, 

 Avicula Mexicana, sen Hoitzillin, Seb, 1. p. 70. t, 42./. 6. 

 Trochilus coccineus. Lin, Syst. Nat. ed. 6, 

 Red Creeper. Lath, syn. 



Var. ? ? ? Avicula de Tatac ex Nova Hispania. Seh, 2. p, 74. 

 t, 70, f. 8. 



Length about four inches and a half : said to 

 be a native of Mexico. 



The bird figured at No. 8 of pi. 70 in the second 

 volume of Seba is by Brisson and others considered 

 as a variety of the preceding, to which however it 

 does not appear to be greatly allied. Its colour 

 is reddish-chesnut, with the crown of the head 

 black, and the shoulders yellow. 



