118 WARBLER. 



B. — In another Variety, the fore part of the neck is mixed with 

 blue, and the scapulars of equally fine blue with the head. 



Among the drawings of Mr. Dent is one of these, figured with 

 a nest, which is perfectly round at top, scarcely two inches in dia- 

 meter, and rather more in depth ; composed, apparently, of tender 

 fibrous materials, and suspended, by fastening between the forks of 

 a branch. 



We learn, from Mr. Lewin's account of the birds of New-Holland, 

 that these birds are seen in low bushes, creeping close to the ground 

 in search of food ; always in small flocks, among which it is remark- 

 able, that the male only is to be seen in full plumage. 



129— SLENDER-TAILED WARBLER, 



LENGTH four inches and a half; size of the Yellow Wren. The 

 bill small, bent, with two or three curved hairs at the base, colour 

 yellow brown; the plumage on the upper parts, even with the eye, 

 brown; beneath dusky white, inclining to buff" on the sides; tail 

 long, cuneiform, and slender; the two middle tail feathers two inches 

 and a half long, the outmost half an inch shorter ; the wings short, 

 reaching only one-fourth from the base ; legs long, pale. 



Inhabits New South Wales. — Lord Stanley : probably a Variety 

 of the female of the Superb Warbler. 



130— MANILLA WARBLER. 



Gobe mouche a tete bleue de l'lsle de Lugon, Son. Voy. 58. pi. 27. 1. 



SIZE and shape of the Long-tailed Titmouse. Bill blackish ; 

 irides pale red; head, throat, and nape, deep blue; neck, back, breast, 



