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INDIAN CREEPER. 



with the absence of the two long middle tail-fea- 

 thers. It seems to be erroneously mentioned by 

 Brisson and others as of the size of a Wren. It is 

 said by Seba to l)e a native of the East Indies. 



INDIAN CREEPER. 



Orthia Indica. C. cyanea, gula alba. 

 Blue Creeper, with white throat. 



Certhia Indica. C. cceruleo-nitens, collo inferiore albescente. Lath, 

 ind. orn. 



Avis Colubri orientalis. Seb. 2. t, IQ-f. 2. 

 Indian Creeper. Lath, syn. 



This, according to the figure in Seba's work, 

 has more the air of a Humming-Bird than a Creep- 

 er. Its total length, from the tip of the bill to 

 the end of the tail, is about four inches and a half^ 

 of which the bill, which is blackish and but very 

 slightly curved, measures a full inch : the colour of 

 the whole bird is splendid deep blue, with white 

 throat, and the tongue is said to be bifid, like that 

 of a serpent* 



