44 WARBLER. 



36 —DOUBLE-STREAKED WARBLER. 



Le double Sourcil, Levail. Afr. vii. 109. pi. 128. f. 1. 2. 



Motacilla diophrys, Double-streaked Warbler, Nat. Misc. xxiii. pi. 97?. 



LENGTH six inches and a half. Bill rather stout, dusky black; 

 crown of the head deep rufous; plumage above pale ferruginous 

 brown, beneath dirty white, with a tinge of rufous on the flanks, and 

 under the tail ; on each side of the head two streaks of black, the 

 one above the eye, the second beneath it, in the direction of the jaw; 

 tail greatly cuneiform, the two middle feathers three inches long, 

 the outer not more than three quarters of an inch, and all of them 

 pointed at the ends ; legs the colour of the bill. 



The female much like the male, but wants the black streaks 

 above and beneath the eye. 



Inhabits Africa ; observed only in the country of Karow, but 

 not common. The nest has never been met with. 



37— WHITE-TAILED REDBREAST. 



LENGTH under five inches. Bill and legs dusky; irides hazel; 

 head pale bluish grey ; back and wings pale brown; chin, throat, 

 and breast, pale rufous orange, as in the Redbreast ; the rest of the 

 under parts white ; thighs brownish ; the two middle tail feathers 

 dusky black; the rest white, with the ends for half an inch dusky 

 black, most black on the outer feathers. 



The female has the back and wings as in the male ; head paler 

 brown, not grey; the forehead, and as far as the breast, dirty rufous 

 white; the rest of the under parts dusky white; thighs brownish; 

 tail as in the male, but the dark parts are less deep. It may be 



