BLUE-THROATED WARBLER. 



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IKSESSOBES. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



SYLVIADJE. 



THE BLUE-THROATED WARBLER. 



MotuciUa Suecica, Blue- throated Robin, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 244. 



PhiBiiiciira 



Sylvia 



Phcenictira 



Ficedula 



Sylvia 



,, Redstart, Selby, Brit. Ornitli. vol. i. p. 195. 



,, Warbler, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 104. 



,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. ill. 



,, Redstart, Evton, Rarer Brit. Birds, p. 9. 



Bec-Jin Gorge bleiie, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 216. 



Phcenicura. Generic Characters. — Beak slender and nearly straight, com- 

 pressed towards the point, slightly deflected and emarginated. Nostrils basal, 

 lateral, oval, pierced in a membrane, and partly concealed by the feathers of 

 the forehead. Wings of moderate size ; the first quill very short ; the 

 second equal in length to the sixth ; the third, fourth, and fifth nearly equal, 

 but the fourth the longest. Tail more or less red in all the species. Legs with 

 tlie tarsus lengthened and slender, longer than the middle toe ; outer toes 

 nearly equal in length. 



