EUFF-RUMPED WARBLER 



22. Basileuterus fulvicauda veraguensis 



(Sharpe) 

 Buff-rumped Warbler 



Basileuterus semicervinus veraguensis RIDGWAY, Birds 

 of N. and M. Amer., II, p. 756, 1902; STONE, Proc. Phila., 

 Acad. Nat. Sci., 1918, p. 274. 



Length, 121 mm. (4.75 in.); tail, 50 mm. 

 (2.00 in.). 



Sexes alike. Top of head and hindneck dark 

 grayish brown ; remaining upper parts dark olive, 

 the rump and upper tail coverts and tail basally 

 buff; under parts light buff, paler on throat and 

 abdomen, the chest sometimes barred with dull 

 olive. 



A native species. "Frequents river banks 

 and overhanging tree roots. Flits its wings like 

 a Kinglet (Regulus), flashing its bright rump. 

 Has a beautiful, clear, ringing song, somewhat 

 like the Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus) , but 

 more striking because the crescendo rises higher. 

 The bird also walks like an Ovenbird and feeds 

 along the water's edge like a Water Thrush 

 (5. noveboracensis) ." (Jewel.) 



59. Family MOTACILLID^ 



The Pipits and Wagtails 



A group of small or rather small birds usu- 

 ally of slender build, with a weak slender bill 

 and long or rather long tail. They are of 

 terrestrial habits and walk or run on the 

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