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ORANGE-HEADED WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia chrysocephala. ) 



SY. spadicea subtus al-ba, capite collogue aurantns, fascia supra 

 infraque oculos fusca, tectricibus alarum albis nigrisque, rec- 

 tricibus nigris, marginejlavescentibus. 



Chesnut-coloured Warbler, beneath white, with the head and 

 neck orange ; a brown stripe above and another beneath the 

 eye; the wing-coverts black and white; the tail-feathers 

 black, edged with yellowish. 



Sylvia chrysocephala. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 541. 124. 



Motacilla chrysocephala. GmeL Syst. Nat. 1. 971. 



Figuier orange. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. 3 13. 



Figuier etranger. Buff. PL Enl. 58. f. 3. 



Orange-headed Warbler. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 492. 110. 



THE Orange-headed Warbler is of very rare 

 occurrence, and is a native of Guiana : its beak is 

 black: the top and sides of the head, the front, 

 and sides of the neck, orange: the eyebrows 

 brown : the upper part of the body and the quills 

 reddish brown : wing-coverts varied with black 

 and white : beneath the eye a pale brown streak : 

 breast and belly pale yellow : tail black, edged 

 with yellow : legs yellow. 



