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CAPE WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia Sperata.) 



SY. fusco-viridis subtus uropygioque rufo-grisea, rectricibus dua- 



bus intermediis nigricantibus, lateribus fusco-fufoo oblique di- 



midiatis. 

 Brown-green Warbler, with the under parts and rump reddish 



grey ; the two middle tail-feathers dusky, and the outer ones 



obliquely half brown and fulvous. 

 Sylvia Sperata. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 523. 51. 

 Le Traquet du Cap de Bonne Esperance. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 



5.233. 

 Sybil Warbler. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 450. 47. A. 



PERHAPS but a variety of the Sybil Warbler : 

 length six inches : the beak black : the upper 

 parts of the head, neck, and body, greenish brown : 

 the wing-coverts and quills brown, edged with 

 paler : the rump rufous : under parts grey, tinged 

 with rufous : tail slightly forked : the two middle 

 feathers dusky brown ; the rest obliquely brown 

 and fulvous : another bird from the same part 

 had the whole of the upper parts blackish brown, 

 the throat white, and the breast rufous. Inhabits 

 the Cape of Good Hope. 



