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13. RUBECULA. RED-BREAST. 



S. grisea, gula pectoreque ferrugineis. Shaw. 



The bill is slender and black ; the irides are large 

 and dusky; the plumage is yellowish brown; the 

 breast deep rufous-orange; the belly and vent are 

 whitish. 



Both sexes are alike. 



Length 6 inches. 



The red-breast builds its nest at the bottom of 

 some thick shrub : it is composed of leaves, moss 

 and feathers. 



The female lays from 5 to 7 dirty white eggs, 

 spotted with rust colour. 



Its food is worms and insects, which it never eats 

 alive, but beats them with its bill against the ground 

 until they cease to move, 



14. DARTFORDIENSIS. DARTFORD WARBLER. 



S. spadicea, sublusferruginea, abdominis medic, re- 

 migum margine, alis spuriis, et rectricum, ex- 

 timarum exteriori latere albis, palpebris rubris. 

 Shaw. 



The bill is long and slender, black, with the base 

 white ; irides yellow ; the eye-lids are deep crimson 

 (Bewick) yellow, (Montagu) the upper parts are 



