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LONG-TAILED WARBLEll. 

 (Sylvia longicauda.) 



SY. olivacea, vcrtice-riifescente, remigibus olivaceofuscis, rectrici- 



bus longis angustis, intermediis longioribus. 

 Olive Warbler, with the crown reddish ; the quills olive-brown ; 



the tail-feathers long and narrow, the middle ones very long. 

 Sylvia longicauda. Lqth. Ind. Orn. 2. 545. 141. 

 Motacilla longicauda. Gmel. Syst. Nat. I. 954. 

 Petit figuier & longue queue de la Chine. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 2. 



206. 

 Long-tailed Warbler. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 501. 136. 



DESCRIBED by Sonnerat, who tells us that it is 

 abundant among the trees that adorn the shrub- 

 beries of the Chinese : that it is very tame, and has 

 an agreeable note : the top of its head is pale 

 rufous : the hind part of the neck, back, rump, 

 wing-coverts, and tail, are pale olive-green: the 

 quills are olive-brown : the tail is long and slender, 

 and is composed of very narrow feathers ; the two 

 middle ones are as long as the body. 



