FANTAIL WARBLER. 29 



of the quills tipped with ash-colour; beak, (which is curved,) feet, 

 and iris brown. 



According to Savi the interior of the beak of the female during 

 breeding time is yellow, that of the male violet black. 



The young before the first moult resemble the old birds, only the 

 spots on the upper part of the plumage are less, and not so dark. 



My figure is from a specimen sent me by M. E. Verreaux. Figured 

 also by Temminck and Laug., pi. col. 6, f. 3; Roux, Ornith. Prov., 

 pi. 232; Gould, B. of E.; Miihle, Monograph, in two plumages, one 

 the normal type described above, the other having no spots or stripes 

 on the vertex. The specimen was brought from Greece by Count 

 Miihle, and is exactly the same as those described by Temminck 

 from Japan. 



The three varieties of the egg are from my own collection. They 

 were taken at Valencia and Gibraltar, and came to me from Moeschler 

 and Mr. Savile Reid. 



