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but inclining to rust-colour on the rump ; under parts white, with 

 sagittal black streaks; top of the head black, streaked with white, and 

 the upper parts of the body with black; from the nostrils, through 

 the eye, a ferruginous stripe, passing some way behind ; tail loosely 

 webbed, brown ; legs dusky. 



Inhabits New South Wales in July ; said to sing remarkably well. 

 One supposed to be the female, had the whole crown and upper 

 parts plain brown, with a few obscure darker mottlings on the wing 

 coverts; no ferruginous stripe through the eye; beneath white, and 

 streaked as the other, but not so dark. 



168— TERRENE WARBLER. 



Sylvia inornata, Ind. Orn. Sup. liv. 



Terrene Warbler, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 248. Shaw's Zool. x. 696. 



THE bill and legs are black ; general colour of the plumage 

 greenish yellow, inclining to brown, beneath paler; quills black, 

 the ends of tail feathers pale ash-colour. 



Inhabits New-Holland, not uncommon at Port Jackson ; is a 

 bird of short flight, more frequently seen on the ground than on the 

 trees, like the Wagtail. 



169— GOLD-BELLIED WARBLER. 



Sylvia flavigastra, Ind. Orn. Sup. liv. 



Gold-bellied Warbler, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 249. Shaw's Zool. x. 726. 



LARGER than a Sparrow. Bill and legs dusky black ; head, 

 hind part of the neck, back, wings, and tail, pale ash, or slate-colour; 

 wings and tail darkest ; rump yellow ; all the under parts golden 

 yellow ; from chin to the breast deepest ; between the bill and eye, 

 and just round the latter, black. 



Inhabits New South Wales. 



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