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VAN D1EMANS WARBLER. 



( Sylvia canescens. ) 



SY. fusco-canescens subtus alba, capite nigro, /route albo striata, 



pectore arissoque striis nigris. 

 Hoary-brown Warbler, whitish beneath, with the head black"; 



the forehead striped with white, and the breast and vent with 



black. 



Sylvia canescens. Lath. Lid. Orn. 2. 553. 168. 

 Van Dieman's Warbler. Lath. Syn. Sup. 187. 153. 



DESCRIBED by Dr. Latham : " Length six inches 

 and a half: beak the length of the head, colour 

 black : forehead marked with white striae : space 

 over the eyes and the cheeks whitish: back brown, 

 mixed with white : wings pale brown ; the edges 

 of most of the feathers fulvous on their outer 

 margins, forming a spot of the same on the wings : 

 tail shorter than the body, somewhat cuneiform 

 in shape ; the outer margin of the feathers, half 

 way from the base, pale fulvous ; the two outer 

 ones on each side marked with a white spot 

 within, at the tips : the under parts of the body 

 white : the breast and vent striped longitudinally 

 with white : legs black. Inhabits Van Dieman's 

 Land." 



