664 LIVID WARBLER. 



an insect in the manner of a Flycatcher : it flies 

 quick : it has only a slight plaintive note : its nest 

 is placed in the hole of a tree, or wall. In the 

 United States the inhabitants fix boxes for this 

 species to nidificate in, as they are very partial to 

 its melody. 



LIVID WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia livida.) 



SY, cceruleo grisea, crisso albo, rostro pedibusque plumbeis, rewi- 

 gibus nigricantibus margine albis, rectricibus nigris ; extimis 

 duabus albis. 



Blue-grey Warbler, with a white vent ; the beak and legs lead- 

 colour ; the quills dusky, edged with white ; the tail-feathers 

 black, the two outer ones white. 



Sylvia livida. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 534. 97. 



Motacilla livida. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. Q81. 



Figuier bleu de Madagascar. Buff. PL Enl. 705. f. 3. 



Madagascar Warbler. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 476. 94. 



THE Madagascar Warbler is four inches and a 

 half in length : the beak and legs are pale plum- 

 beous : the upper parts of the body are deep blue- 

 grey : the quills are dusky* edged with white : 

 the tail rather long and black, the two outer 

 feathers excepted, which are white : under parts 

 of the body pale blue-grey, inclining to white 

 towards the vent. Said to be the male of the 

 Maurice Warbler, but differs too remarkably for 

 that to be the fact. 



