218 SYLVIADJE. 



Blue-grey B achypteryx, beneath paler ; with the abdomen 

 whitish ; the quills and tail-feathers brown, externally edged 

 with blue-grey. 



Mountaineer Warbler. Lath. Gen. Hist. vii. p. 124. 



Inhabits Java. Length six inches : beak rather 

 stout : nostrils large : plumage in general bluish-grey, 

 paler beneath : belly whitish : quills brown, margined 

 outwardly with blue-grey ; tail the same, rounded and 

 lonsjish. 



Sp. 2. Br. sepiaria. Linn. Trans. (Horsf.) v. xiii.p. 158. 



Br. olivaceo suhfidvescens, subtus dilutior ; guld abdominisquc 



medio albidis. 

 Fulvous-olive Brachypteryx, paler beneath ; with the throat and 



middle of the abdomen whitish. 

 Batavian Warbler. Lath. Gen. Mist. vii. 125. 



Inhabits Java. Length five inches : plumage in 

 general fulvous-olive, paler beneath : chin and middle 

 of the belly whitish: vent testaceous bay-colour: quills 

 and tail brownish-bay, externally more inclined to 

 bay, the two middle feathers of an uniform hue. 



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GENUS CIV.— SYLVIA, Wolf. WARBLER. 



Rostrum gracile, subdepres- 

 sum, basi subrectum, ver- 

 sus apicem plus minusve 

 inclinatum ; mandibula 'in- 

 ferior recta, integra. 



Ficedula, Beckstein. 



Beak slender, subdepressed, 

 nearly straight at the base, 

 more or less inclined to- 

 wards the tip; the lozver 

 inaudible straight, entire. 



These are solitary birds ; they build usually in 

 holes, and subsist on insects, worms, and berries. 



