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SCARLET CREEPER. 
(PL XIX.) 
LENGTH 
Four inches ; bill quarter of an inch, and black ; -eyes brown; lashes grey ; forehead, 
and crown bright scarlet; cheeks black; chin, throat, and breast, bright scarlet; 
vent scarlet, variegated with black ; hind head scarlet, variegated with black; back, 
rump, and shoulders, black, variegated with scarlet; primaries and secondaries dark 
brown, edged with brownish white ; thighs scarlet; legs brown ; claws black. 
FEMALE 
Length three inches and three-quarters; bill three-quarters of an inch, and dark 
brown, with a white streak in the under part; eyes brown ; lashes grey ; forehead 
and crown brown ; throat light flesh colour; breast, belly, and vent, white ; hind 
head, back, rump, and shoulders, brown; thighs, legs, and claws, brown. 
INHABITS 
The neighbourhood of the river Nepean; frequenting thick brushy woods. 
