WARBLER. 125 



tail the same, rounded in shape, and longish ; the legs also are 

 elongated, and the middle toe greatly so ; as are the claws, especially 

 the hind one. 



Inhabits Java, by the name of Ketek. 



139— BATAVIAN WARBLER. 



Brachypteryx sepiaria, Lin. Trans, xiii. 158. 



LENGTH five inches. Plumage in general fulvous olive, 

 paler beneath ; chin and middle of the belly whitish ; vent testaceous 

 bay ; quills and tail brownish bay, externally more inclined to bay, 

 but the two middle tail feathers are of one colour. 

 Inhabits Java, and there called Chichohan. 



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140— FENNY WARBLER. 



Megalurus palustris, Lin. 7'rans. xiii. 159. 



LENGTH nine inches. Bill rather stout and compressed, and 

 straightish, with a notch ; nostrils at the base, covered with a mem- 

 brane ; plumage brown, mixed on the back with testaceous grey ; 

 head varied brownish grey, beneath whitish ; breast tenderly streaked 

 with brown ; tail greatly elongated, and cuneiform ; legs rather stout. 



Inhabits Java, by the name of Larri-angon. — Dr. Horsfield says, 

 it holds an intermediate place between his Motacilla Anthus on one 

 ^side, and Alauda on the other, though strictly neither. 



141.-FOODKEY WARBLER. 



SIZE of the Lesser White-Throat. Upper parts of the head, 

 neck, and body, pale ash-colour, beneath yellowish white ; wings 



