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ORD. III. GEN. XI. WARBLER. 



SPE. VIII. WHITE THROAT. 



PI. 105. 

 La mefange cendree. Brif. Orn. III. 549. 



The length of this bird is full five inches and half. The head is of a brown- 

 ilh afli-colour : the throat white : the back and Ihoulders brown, inclining to 

 red : the wing coverts brown, with reddifh margins : tail and quill feathers 

 dufky, with pale brown edges : breaft, and belly, white, tinged with red : legs 

 pale brown. 



In the female the breaft and belly are wholly white. 



This fpecies vifits us in the fpring, and leaves us in autumn. During the 

 fummer it frequents hedges and gardens, making a neft two or three feet from 

 the ground, compofed of mofs and dry ftalks. The eggs are ufually five in 

 number, for which fee PI. XXIV. Fig. 1. 





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