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SYLVIAD.E. 
■\vliere the red of the breast meets the pure white feathers of 
the belly : the flanks and vent are tinged with olive brown. 
The upper plumage, including the crown of the head and 
nape, tippet, back, and coverts of the wings, is olive ; the 
lower part of the back and upper tail-coverts are olive brown ; 
the tail feathers clove brown, tinged with olive brown. The 
entire wings, with the exception of the lesser coverts already 
mentioned, are clove brown, the outer webs olive brown. 
Five of the greater coverts have a dull orange on the tip of 
the outer web. The under coverts of the wing's are tinged 
with sienna yellow. The base of every feather of the body 
is dark slate-grey with a white shaft, the colours above enu¬ 
merated occupying only the tips of the feathers. The eye¬ 
lids are black ; the eyes large, dark, and lustrous. 
The egg of the Redbreast is flgured 57. 
