134 WARBLER. 



160— PERSIAN WARBLER. 



Sylvia Sunamisica, Ind. Orn. ii. 552. 



Motacilla Sunamisica, Gm. Lin. i. 97S. S. G. Gmel. It. iv. 181. 18. Pall. n. nord. 



Beytr. iv. 60. 

 Persian Warbler, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 246. Shaw's Zool. x. 633. 



SIZE of the Blue Warbler. Bill black ; irides brown ; plumage 

 in general rufous ash ; chin and throat black ; breast and belly pale 

 rufous, the feathers tipped with white; wing coverts and quills white 

 on the outer edges and tips ; over the eye a line of white, passing 

 towards the nape ; vent white; the two middle tail feathers brown, 

 the rest fringed on both sides with fulvous ; legs black. 



Inhabits the rocky parts of the Persian Alps, and feeds on insects. 



161.— DWARF WARBLER. 



Sylvia pusilla, Ind. Orn. Sup. p. lvi. 



Motacilla pusilla, White's Journal, pi. in p. 257. 



Bee-fin, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. lxviii. 



Dwarf Warbler, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 251. Skaiv's Zool. x. 647. 



SIZE of the Superb Warbler. The upper parts of the plumage 

 brown ; beneath pale, with a band of brown towards the end of the 

 tail ; the last even at the end ; bill and legs black. 



Inhabits New South Wales. 



A. — Length three inches and a half. Bill brown, at the base 

 two or three minute hairs ; plumage in general above pale olive- 

 green, beneath pale yellow; chin and throat tinged with rufous; 

 quills and tail brownish, the feathers edged with olive-yellow ; tail 

 feathers marked with a blackish spot, a quarter of an inch long, 

 about one-sixth from the tips, which are rather pointed, and when 

 spread, appearing as a broad bar; legs brown. 



Inhabits New-Holland. — In the collection of Lord Stanley. 



