138 WARBLER. 



170— RUDDY WARBLER. 



Sylvia rubricata, hid. Orn. Sup. Ii. 



Ruddy Warbler, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 249. Shaw's Zool. x. 697. 



SOMEWHAT larger than the Redbreast. Bill slender, dusky; 

 irides hazel ; plumage above brownish ash-colour; beneath wholly 

 ferruginous, inclining to yellow ; wings and tail brown, the last 

 rounded ; legs yellow. — Inhabits New South Wales. 



171.— NEW-HOLLAND WARBLER. 



LENGTH six inches. Bill black ; irides dark, round the eye 

 black ; plumage above ash-colour, inclining to rufous yellow on the 

 rump ; all beneath from the chin yellow ; wings and tail darker than 

 the rest ; the last even, the wings reach just on the base of it ; legs 

 black. — Inhabits New South Wales. Native name Thadaguan. Is 

 a very common and domestic bird, with the actions of the Redbreast 

 of Europe ; has many things in common with the last : probably the 

 female. 



172— CHASTE WARBLER. 



Sylvia casta, Ind. Orn. Sup. lv. 



Chaste Warbler, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 249. Shaiv's Zool. x. 731. 



SIZE small ; length four inches. Bill and legs black ; plumage 

 above ferruginous brown, beneath yellowish white, clouded on the 

 breast with pale blue, and on the sides with ferruginous; over the 

 eye an irregular dusky brown streak, behind the eye a few dusky 

 specks ; tail rounded, or slightly cuneiform, dull pale yellow, 

 blotched down the middle of the shafts, with six or seven large spots 

 of brown, but these do not touch the outer margins. 



Found with the last. 



