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CALLIOPE CAMTSCHATKENSIS. 



(RUBY-THROATED WARBLER.) 



Motacilla calliope, Pall. Eeise Russ. Reichs, iii. App. p. 697. no. 17 (1776). 



Kamlschatka Thrush, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 28 (1783). 



Turd-us camtschatkensis, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 817 (1788, ex Lath.). 



Turdus calliope (Pall.), Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 331 (1790). 



Accentor calliope (Pall.), Temm. Man. d'Orn. iii. p. 172 (1835). 



Calliope lathami, Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 114 (1836). 



Lusciola (Melodes) calliope (Pall.), Keys. & Bias. Wirbelth. Eur. p. lviii. (1840). 



Calliope camtschatkensis (Gmel.), Strickl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. vi. p. 422 (1841). 



Erithacus calliope (Pall), Degl. Orn. Eur. i. p. 514 (1849). 



Calliope kamtschacensis, Haiti. J. f. Orn. 1859, p. 50. 



Figura? notabiles. 

 Lath. Suppl. pi. 1 ; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 114. 



6 ad. corpore suprS, fusco, pileo vix saturatiore, uropygio indistincte olivaeeo tiiicto : rernigibus fuscis, extiis 

 pallide brimneseente fulvido lnarghiatis : rectricibus dorso concoloribus : linea superciliari alba, loris 

 nigricautibus : vitta elongata. iu guise lateribus alba, nigro-fusco niarginata, : mento et gula kete san- 

 guineo-rubris : gutture scbistaceo-ciuereo, pectore pallidiore et brunneo tincto : corpore reliquo subtus 

 albo, liypocliondriis et subcaudalibus pallide brunneo lavatis : rostro corneo, ad basin pallidiore : iride 

 fusca : pedibus pallide brurmeis. 



? ad. corpore supra, alis et cauda ut in mare picturatis : mento et gula albis, stria, superciliari sordide albida .- 

 gutture, pectore, liypocliondriis et subcaudalibus pallide brunneis : abdomine centrali albo. 



Adult Male (Ural, 28tli June) . Upper parts generally wood-brown, ratber darker on the head, and slightly 

 inclining towards olive on the rump ; quills margined on the outer webs with dull fulvous brown ; tail 

 similarly coloured to the rest of the upper parts ; a clear white line passes from the base of the bill ou 

 to the forehead above and slightly behind the eye ; lores and space in front and below the eye black ; 

 on each side of the upper throat an elongated pure white patch is carried from the base of the lower 

 mandible, this patch being bordered with blackish brown, throat in front rich glossy scarlet, forming a 

 large patch, extending down to the lower throat; tins red patch is bordered with dark slate-grey, which 

 gradually fades into grey with a brownish tinge on the breast, and then to white ; rest of the under- 

 pays white, on the flanks, and to a very slight extent on the under tail-coverts, washed with brownish 

 grey or light brown; bill dark horn, lighter at the base; iris dark brown; legs light brown. Total 

 length about 6"25 inches, culmen 0"55, wing 3-0, tail 2"6, tarsus 1-1. 



Adult Female (Formosa, March). Upper parts as in the male; but the red on the throat is wanting, as 

 also the white patch on each side of the throat; superciliary line dull white; chin and upper throat 



