RUDDY WARBLER. 697 



NATIVE of New South Wales : somewhat like 

 the Blue-throated Warbler, which it more than 

 equals in size : beak dusky : tongue ciliated at 

 the tip : upper parts of the plumage slaty grey : 

 breast with a lunulated blue stripe, extending from 

 the colour on the shoulders : chin and fore-part 

 of the neck white : breast, and all the rest of the 

 under parts, rufous : tail even at the end : legs 

 like the beak. 



RUDDY WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia rubricata.) 



SY. cinereo-fasca, subtus toto ferrugineo-rubra, alls caudaque 



fuscis. 

 Grey-brown Warbler, beneath entirely rusty red, with the wings 



and tail brown. 



Sylvia rubricata. Lath. Ind. Orn. Sup. Iv. 8. 

 Ruddy Warbler. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 240. 34. 



BEAK dusky : irides hazel : the upper parts of 

 the plumage brownish cinereous : the under parts 

 ferruginous, inclining to yellow : wings and tail 

 brown, the latter rounded : legs yellow. Native 

 of New South Wales : it is rather larger than the 

 Redbreast. 



