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LONG-LEGGED WARBLER. 



(Sylvia longipes.) 



SY. dilute viridis, subtus cinerea, arcu infra oculari albo, fronte, 

 temporibus, genis, collique lateribus cinereis, crisso virescenlc, 

 cauda brevissima. 



Pale-green Warbler, beneath cinereous ; with an arch beneath 

 the eyes white ; the forehead, temples, cheeks, and sides of 

 the neck, ash-coloured ; the vent greenish ; the tail very 

 short. 



Sylvia longipes. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 52g. 77 ' 



Motacilla longipes. Gmel. Syst.Nat. 1. 9/9. 



Long-legged Warbler. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 465. 74. Lath. Syn. 

 Sup. 181. 74. 



DESCRIBED by Dr. Latham from a drawing of 

 Sir Joseph Banks's : " Length four inches and a 

 half: beak three quarters of an inch, straight, 

 black : irides blueish ash-colour : upper parts of 

 the body, wings, and tail, of an elegant pale 

 green : forehead, sides of the head, under the eye, 

 and sides of the neck, ash-colour : above the eye 

 a semicircular white mark : the under parts are 

 very pale ash-colour : thighs and vent greenish : 

 tail not longer than in the Citrine Warbler : legs 

 above one inch long, and flesh-coloured : toes and 

 claws rather stout. This inhabits Dusky Bay, 

 New Zealand, and is named there E Tee tee tee 

 poinom" It varies in being brownish instead of 

 green. 



