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Motacilla calliope, Pall. Trav. in. p. 697. N" I 7. 

 Ruby-throat, ArB. Zool. 



C I Z E of the Redftart. Plumage above, the colour of a 

 Nightingale : beneath, yellowifli white : throat the colour 

 of vermilion, bounded on each fide by a black and white ftreak, 

 which takes rife at the bill : between the bill and eye black : 

 over the eye a ftreak of white : tail rounded, the colour of the" 

 back. 



Inhabits the eaft part of Sibiria ; firft met with about the river 

 Jenifei. Seen moftly on the tops of the trees. Is an excellent 

 finger, chiefly in the middle of the night. 



C I Z E of a Sparrow. Head and neck black : body and wings 

 moufe-coloured : from the bill, through the eye, pafllng 

 down on each fide of the neck, a white ftreak : the belly white, 

 except the middle, which is black : the tail black ■> the outer 

 feather rather fhorteft, and fringed with white. 



In the mufeum of Cb. Boddam, Efq; but from whence un- 

 known. 



CjIZE of a Sparrow : length (the appendage of the tail in- 

 cluded) more than fix inches. Bill three quarters of an inch, 

 ftrait, except the very tip ; bafe of the under mandible white : 

 the head, and upper part of the body, dufky reddifh brown, 

 mottled with yellow on the crown : between the bill and eye, 

 yellow, pafllng in a ftreak over the eye to the hind head, where 

 it is rufous : the wing coverts are rufous, mixed with brown, 



9 except 



6 9 . 



RUBY- 



THROAT. 



Description, 



Place. 



70. 

 MURINE W. 



Description. 



71- 

 THORN- 

 TAILED W. 

 Plate LII. 

 Description. 



