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DARK WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia magna.) 



, cervice dorsoque dilution, subtus ritfescens, gula al* 

 bida, remigibus rectricib usque dimidiato-rufis, extimis extus 

 albis. 



Brown Warbler, with the top of the neck and back palest ; the 

 under parts rufescent ; the throat whitish ; the quills and tail- 

 feathers halt' red ; the outer web of the exterior tail-feather 

 white. 



Sylvia magna. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 525. 57. 



Motacilla magna. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 968. 



Grand Traguet. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. 232. 



Dark Warbler. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 453. 53. 



LOCALITY unknown : length seven inches and 

 a half: the head brown, varied with darker brown : 

 upper part of the neck and body pale brown: wing- 

 coverts and outer edge of the quills brown ; the 

 inner edge of the latter half brown, half rufous : 

 throat whitish, mixed with brown : breast of the 

 latter colour : under parts of the body pale rufous : 

 tail similar to the quills, with the outer web of the 

 exterior feathers white. 



