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white spot at their base : all the under parts of the 

 plumage are ashy-blue, tinged with whitish towards 

 the vent : the lower tail-coverts are chesnut red, and 

 form a distinguishing character : the beak and legs 

 are black. 



Sp. 11. Sy? Blackburnia. Steph. v. x. p. 627- — Sylvia lateralis. 



Steph. v. x. p. 659. — North America. 

 Sp. 12. Sy? coronata. Steph. v. x. p. 636. — North America. 

 Sp. 13. Sy? Sialis. Steph. v. ~s..p. 663. — North America. 



GENUS CV.— MELIZOPHILUS, Leach. SONG-BIRD. 



Rostrum debile, gracillimum. 

 Orbit ce nudae. 

 A Ice breves. 



Cauda subelongata cunei- 

 formis. 



Beak weak, very slender. 



Orbits naked. 



Wings short. 



Tail elongated, wedged. 



The species of this genus inhabit damp, marshy, 

 and barren places ; and flirt their tails after the 

 manner of the Wagtails. 



Sp. 1. Me. Dartfordiensis. 



Sylvia Dartfordiensis. Steph. v. x. p. 717. pi. 56. — Sylvia 



Provincialis. Temm. Man. d'Orn. 2 Edit. i. 21 1. — Britain and 



Europe. 



Sp. 2. Me? subalpinus. — Sylvia subalpina. Temm. Man. d'Orn. 

 2 Edit. i. 214.— Temm. PI Col. 6./. 2-; 251./ 2, 3— Sub- 

 alpine Warbler. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. vii. p. 87. 



Me ? cinereo-plumbeus, mento, guld, pectore hypochondriisque vi- 

 naceo-ritfis ; ventris medio albido; rostri baso fasciaque gulari 

 albis. 



Ashy-lead coloured Song-bird with the chin, throat, breast, and 

 irides vinaceous-red ; the middle of the belly whitish ; the base 

 of the beak and fascia on the throat white. 



