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B UB Y- THRO A TED W All BLEB. 



INSECT1V0RJ5:. 



Family SYLVIID^. 



Genus Calliope. {Gould.) 



Generic Characters. — Bill of moderate length and strength ; wings moderate, 

 first quill very short, second equal to seventh ; tail very slightly rounded, 

 the outer feathers being a little shorter than the penultimate pair; tarsus 

 moderately long and stout; the feet large, hind toe long; claws long and 

 not much curved. 



KUBY-THROATED WARBLER. 



Calliope camtschatkensis. 



Calliope camtschatkensis, 

 Motacilla calliope, 



Tiirdus camtschatkensis, 



" calliope, 

 Accentor calliope. 

 Calliope Lathami, 

 Lusciola {melodes) calliope, 



it a It 



Cyanecula calliope, 

 Sylvia calliope. 

 Gorge en feu calliope, 

 Feiierkehlchen Sanger, 

 Gunpigera, 

 Gangular, 

 Nogotto, 



Bonaparte. Blyth. Hodgson. Jerdon. 



Pallas; Voy., 1776. 



Gmelin; Syst. N., 1788. 



Gmelin; S. N. L. 



Latham; 1790. 



Temminck; 1835. 



Gould. 



Keyserling and Blasius; 1840. 



Schlegel; 1844. 



Gray; Gen. Birds. 



MtJHLE; 1856. 



Of the French. 



Of the Germans. 



Bengal. 



Nepal. 



Japan. 



Specific Characters. — Upper parts olive green; primaries and tail hair brown. 

 Under parts whitish, mottled with olive; throat and neck of a clear brilliant 

 vermilion red, lighter in the female. Length of male six inches and a 

 half; carpus to tip three inches; tarsus one inch and three fifths; middle 

 toe one inch and one fifth. Female rather less. 



