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probably towards the Asiatic continent, being 

 mentioned as arriving there by Temminck, and in 

 the Dukhtm by Colonel Sykes, while we do not 

 know of its appearing on the coast of Africa, 

 where so many of our warblers pass over from 

 the nearest parts of the European Continent. 



In general appearance and distribution of 

 colours this a good deal resembles the last. The 

 crown, nape, and rump are bluish gray ; the 

 centre of the back and rump pale yellowish 

 brown tinted with grey. The wings and tail 

 brocali brown, having the tertials and covers 

 broadly edged with yellowish brown, and the 

 tail, which is rather longer in proportion than in 

 the last, and even at the end, has the outer web 

 and tips of the three exterior feathers white 

 The throat and centre of belly pure white, tinted 

 on the breast and sides with reddish, and having 

 a shade of pink over the whole. The flanks are 

 yellowish brown, with the same shade of pink. 

 The sexes here do not differ any more than the 

 last, except in intensity of the tints, and the 

 female being of a more yellowish brown above, 

 particularly where these spots are grey in the 

 male. Iris reddish brown. 



SALICARIA. 



As we previously stated, we have thought it 

 right to keep the aquatic warblers under the title 

 of Salicaria, proposed for them by Mr Selby, 

 and separated from the last sub-genus as form- 



