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SYL VIABLE. 



fNSESSORES. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



SYLVIADfc. 





THE BLUE-THROATED WARBLER. 



Phcenicura Suecica. 



Motacilla Suecica, Blue-throated Robin, BEWICK Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 244. 

 Phanicura ., ., Redstart, SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 195. 



Sylvia ., ., Warbler, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 104. 



Phasnicura ., GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. iii. 



Ficedula Redstart, EYTON, Rarer Brit. Birds, p. 9. 



Sylvia Bee-fin Gorge bleue, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 216. 



PHCENICURA. Generic Characters. Beak slender and nearly straight, com- 

 pressed towards the point, slightly deflected and eraarginated. Nostrils basal, 

 lateral, oval, pierced in a membrane, and partly concealed by the feathers of 

 the forehead. Wings of moderate size ; the first quill very short ; the 

 second equal in length to the sixth ; the third, fourth, and fifth nearly equal, 

 but the fourth the longest. Tail more or less red in all the species. Legs with 

 the tarsus lengthened and slender, longer than the middle toe ; outer toes 

 nearly equal in length. 



