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across the breast a bluish band ; belly and vent reddish white ; back, 

 wings, and tail, violet black ; across the middle of the wing coverts 

 a long white mark, on the outer edge of the wing ; below this 

 another, and some of the greater coverts being edged with white, 

 make a third in the middle of the wing ; the outer tail feather edged 

 with rufous white on the outer web ; legs ferruginous. 

 Inhabits the Philippine Islands. 



121— WAVED-TAIL WARBLER. 



Traquet a Queue striee, Levari. Afr. iv. 111. pi. 188. f. 2. 



BILL and legs black; irides chestnut; general colour of the 

 plumage glossy black ; on the shoulders white ; part also of the wing 

 coverts and scapulars white, each feather marked with a black spot 

 near the tip ; in the middle of the belly a rufous spot; under wing 

 coverts rufous; ends of the quills brown ; tail much rounded, black ; 

 the feathers deeply undulated across, so as to be felt by the finger. 



The female is rather smaller, and the colours less vivid. 



Inhabits the bushes and Mimosa woods, in the Caflres Country, 

 making a nest on the ground, under a thick bush, and laying four 

 greyish eggs : both sexes sit by turns. It flaps the wings like the 

 Stone-Chat, frequently uttering the notes Tac-tac-trac, and flirting 

 up the tail at the same time. 



Found also in the neighbourhood of Bengal. 



122— RUFOUS-TAILED WARBLER. 



Traquet a Cul roux, Levari. Afr. iv. 113. pi. 188. 1. 



SIZE of the last. Bill and legs black ; head, neck, back, breast, 

 and wings, black ; belly, lower part of the back, rump, vent, and 

 side tail feathers, rufous; the middle ones black ; shape rounded at 

 the end. — The female differs in being somewhat smaller 



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