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RED-BELLIED WARBLER. 

 ( Sylvia Velia.) 



SY. nigra viridi-cceruleo varia, ventrefulvo, uropygio viridi-aureo* 

 Black Warbler, varied with green-blue, with the belly fulvous, 



and rump golden green. 

 Sylvia Velia. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 546. 146. 

 Motacilla Velia. Lin. Syst. Nat. l. 336. 41. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1-991. 



Sylvia surinamensis caerulea. Briss. Orn. 3. 536. 73. 

 Pitpit varie. Buff. Hist, Nat. Ois. 5. 341. 

 Pitpit bleu de Surinam. Buff. PL Enl. 66g.f. 3. 

 Red-bellied Blue-bird. Edwards. Birds. 1. pi. 22. 

 Red-bellied Warbler. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 504. 141. 



BEAK lead-colour ; the under mandible whitish: 

 the upper parts of the head, neck, and back, are 

 black, variegated with blue-green ; the greater 

 wing-coverts, quills, and tail, are black, bordered 

 with blue : the rump is of a golden green : the 

 throat is violet, as is the fore-part of the neck, 

 but the latter is varied with brown : the rest of 

 the under parts is rufous : legs ash-coloured : it 

 varies in having the forehead golden green ; and 

 also in having the belly and rump reddish. It is 

 a native of Surinam and other parts of South 

 America : it is greatly esteemed as food, and is 

 considered as fine as the Ortolan. 



v x. P. ii. 



