724 GREAT-TAILED WARBLER. 



THIS species has a pale streak on th6 crown of 

 the head : the eyebrows are yellow : the upper 

 parts of the body are greenish, and the lower pale. 

 It inhabits Russia, 



GREAT-TAILED WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia macroura.) 



, sultus ochroleuca nigrica?ite-maculata, superciliis albis, 

 cauda magna cuneiformi. 



Brown Warbler, beneath yellow-white, spotted with dusky; eye- 

 brows white ; the tail wedge-shaped and large. 



Sylvia macroura. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 545. 140. 



Motacilla macroura. GmeL Syst. Nat. l. Q53. 



Petite fauvette tachetee du Cap de Bonne Esperance. Buff. 

 Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. l6l.Bu/. PL Enl. 752. f. 2. 



Great-tailed Warbler. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 5OO. 135. 



THIS bird receives its name from the great 

 length of its tail, which is above half the length 

 of its body : it is less than S. Curruca : length six 

 inches : beak brown : the plumage of the upper 

 parts of the body brown: the under parts yellowish 

 white, sprinkled on the breast and sides with 

 dusky: the chin and throat are also dashed with 

 minute dusky markings : from the nostrils a white 

 stripe passes above each eye : the tail is wedged : 

 the legs are reddish. Inhabits the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



