366 FOREIGN BIRDS. 



The Pen SI LIS, fam^d for perennial song, 



Was pleas'd, amid pines, his soft notes to prolong; 



and, as few are known in our own country, a separate notice of 

 some of the most striking is here introduced. 



Order, Passeres, (Linn.) Warbler, the Superb, the 

 Babbling, the African, the Thorn-tailed, the Yellow- 

 Poll, the Palm, the Banana, the Pensile. 



The Cyanea^ or Superb-Warbler, the most beautiful species 

 of the whole genus, is five inches and a half long; colour black- 

 blue, beneath white j feathers of the head long, lax, turgid ; 

 front, cheeks, and lunula of the neck, fine blue ; female brown 

 above, beneath white; blue round the eyes j one other variety. 

 Inhabits New Holland; the second variety Manilla. 



The Curruca, or Babbling-Warbler, is found in France, 

 Italy, and India ; it is a restless noisy bird, imitating the notes 

 of other birds. 



The Africana, or African-Warbler, which is more than 

 seven inches long, inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. Its 

 note is said to resemble a flute; flesh in much estimation. 



The SpinicaudUf or Thorn-tailed-Warbler, is the size of 

 a sparrow ; the chief peculiarity is its tail, which is cuneiform, 

 and the feathers are almost bare of webs for one third of their 

 length, ending in points. Inhabits Terra del Fuego, and found 

 occasionally in Paraguay ; another variety at the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



The ^stivUf Yellow-Poll-Warbler, or Blue-eyed- 

 Yellow- Warbler, inhabits America ; makes a soft noise, 

 compared to that of a linnet. 



The Palmarum^ or Palm-Warbler, is five inches long; 

 plumage above brown, beneath dirty yellowish-white. Inhabits 

 St. Domingo; its song consists of four or five notes only, not 

 unpleasant. Found among palm-trees, in which it builds its 

 nest; eggs two only. 



