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Temrainck observes that Vaillant's bird does not 

 / differ from the European Stonechat. 



Sibyl Warbler, Sylvia Sperata, Lath. 



Traquet Familier, Vail. O. A. t. 183. 



Brownish-green ; beneath and rump red-gray ; two 

 middle tail-feathers blackish ; side-feathers obliquely 

 halved, fuscous yellow. Cape of Good Hope. 



Black-hooded Wheat-ear. Sijlvia Pileata. Traquet 

 Imitateur, Vail. O. A. t. 181. S. Imitatrix, Vieil. 



Red-brown ; head and chest black ; forehead, throat, 

 eyebrows, rump, and side tail-feather, from the middle 

 to the lower, white. Cape of Good Hope. 



Mot. Leucorhoa, PI. Enl. t. 583. f. 2. 



Red-brown, beneath yellowish-white ; chest reddish ; 

 rump and base of tail white. Senegal. 



Le Traquet Monfagnard, Vail. O. A. t. 184. 

 Adult entirely black, except belly, shoulders, and the 

 edges of the tail quill feathers, which are white. When 

 young, nearly all the feathers, which when adult are 

 black, are blue. 



Sylvia Nigra, Vieil. Vail. O. A. t. 189. 

 Crown white ; body, bill, and feet black. 



Sylvia Formicivora^ Vieil. Le Fourmillier, 

 Vail. O. A. t. 186. 



Brown; throat, crop, and chest reddish; small wing- 

 coverts white-spotted. Cape of Good Hope. 

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