676 RUFOUS-TAILED WARBLER. 



distinguished from the former by having the mid- 

 dle tail-feathers of the same colour as the rest of 

 the body, and from the latter by the same parts 

 not being orange : it is about five inches and a 

 half in length : its beak and feet are black. 



It inhabits North America, from Georgia to 

 Hudson's Bay : it is migratory, arriving at the 

 latter place in April, and retiring to the south in 

 the autumn. 



RUFOUS-TAILED WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia ruficauda.) 



SY. Jusca subtus alba, dor si colore in rufum vergente, tectricibus 



alarum caudaque rufis, gula alba,Jusco maculata, pectore dilute 



fusco. 

 Brown Warbler, beneath white, with the back inclining to rufous ; 



the wing-coverts and tail rufous ; the throat white, spotted 



with brown ; the breast pale brown. 

 Sylvia ruficauda. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 51Q. 37. 

 Motacilla ruficauda. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 959. 

 Fauvette de Cayenne queue rousse. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. 



163. 

 Rufous-tailed Warbler. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 439. 33 - 



INHABITS Cayenne: it is five inches and a 

 quarter in length : the upper parts of the plumage 

 are brown, with the back inclining to rufous : the 

 quills are edged with rufous : the wing-coverts 

 and tail are entirely of that colour : the throat is 



