FIG-EATING WARBLER. 591 



upper parts of the body yellow-brown, waved with 

 black, with a mixture of red, especially on the 

 sides over the wings : under parts cinereous yel- 

 low, crossed with blackish: tail cuneiform, yel- 

 lowish brown, mixed with red, and barred with 

 black lines ; it is very short, the longest feather 

 being only one inch : legs three quarters of an 

 inch long, but stout, and of a yellow colour. In- 

 habits Terra del Fuego." Described by Dr. 

 Latham from Sir Joseph Banks's drawings. 



FIG-EATING WARBLER. 

 ( Sylvia naevia.) 



SY. rufo-fusca^ Jlamcante cinereoque varia, subtus alba, pectore 

 jlavicante nigro maculato, remigibus rectricibusque nigricantibus 



margine albis. 

 Red-brown Warbler, varied with yellow and cinereous; beneath 



white, with the breast yellowish, and spotted with black ; the 



quills and tail dusky, margined with white. 

 Sylvia naevia. Lath. Ind. Orn.1. 517. 2 9- 

 Motacilla naevia. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 957. 

 Curruca naevia. Briss. Orn. 3. 389 9- 

 Fauvette tachetee. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. 1^9. Buff. PL Enl. 



581. f. 3. 

 Fig-eater. Albin. Birds. 3. pi. 26. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 433. 24. 



LENGTH five inches and a half: beak and legs 

 reddish: the upper parts of the body and wings 

 reddish brown, varied with yellowish and cinere- 



v, x. P. ii. 38 



