MADAGASCAR WARBLER. 579 



found with the head, neck, wings, and tail, white ; 

 the rest of the plumage pale brown and white 

 mixed. 



MADAGASCAR WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia Madagascariensis.) 



SY. oliwceo-fusca, capite rufo, gula alba, pectore rufescente, ab- 



domine riifo-Jitsco. 

 Olive-brown Warbler, with a red head, white throat, reddish 



breast, and reddish-brown abdomen. 

 Sylvia Madagascariensis. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 507. 2. 

 Motacilla Madagascariensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. Q52. 

 Luscinia Madagascariensis. Briss. Orn. 3. 401. 14. pi. 22. f* 1. 

 Foudi-jala, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 5.116. 

 Madagascar Warbler. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 412. 2. 



THE Madagascar Warbler is the size of the 

 Nightingale : it is in length six inches and a half : 

 its beak and legs are deep brown: the head is 

 rufous : the coverts of the ears are brown : the 

 upper parts of the body are olive-brown : the 

 throat is white : the breast pale rufous, and the belly 

 olive-brown, with a tinge of reddish : the upper 

 parts of the tail are olive-brown, and the lower 

 olive. Inhabits Madagascar. 



