THE BLUE-THROATED WARBLER 
Cyanecula suecica 
Plumage of back and top of head dull grey-brown; a 
light buff stripe above eye; throat and breast brilliant 
cobalt-blue, with a white spot at the top of breast, a bright 
rufous bar edges the blue on the lower breast, this red bar 
sometimes being separated from the blue by a thin white 
stripe; under-parts white. The hen bird is a dull edition of 
the above, with a buffish-coloured throat, and more black 
than blue showing on the breast; legs, beak, and eyes 
brown. Total length, 5:5 inches. 
Tus is a common bird throughout Egypt, where 
it winters. It is related to our common Robin, 
to which it bears some resemblance; but it is 
rather longer in shape and higher on the leg than 
the Redbreast. 
The Bluethroat is well named, and having 
once seen this charming little warbler, it is by 
its blue throat it will be remembered. The first 
time I came across this bird was long ago; 
but I remember, as if it were to-day, my delight 
when the little bird, which had been flitting about 
—now on the ground, now in the lower branches 
and twigs of a bushy osier—turned so that I saw 
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