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194.— CASPIAN WARBLER. 



Sylvia longirostris, Ind. Orn. ii. 552. 



Motacilla longirostris, Gm. Lin. i. 977. S. G. Gmel. It. iii. t. 19. f. 2. 



Caspian Warbler, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 245. Shaic's Zool. x. 630. 



THIS is ash-coloured above, and white beneath ; the bill long. 

 Inhabits the mountains bordering on the Caspian Sea. 



195 —RED-HEADED WARBLER. 



Sylvia petechia, Ind. Orn. ii. 535. Vieill. Am. ii. p. 33. 

 Motacilla petechia, Lin. i. 334. Gm. Lin. i. 983. 

 Ficedula erythrocephalos, Bris. iii. 488. Id. Svo. i. 443. 

 Figuier a tete rouge de Pennsylvanie, Buf. v. 286. 



Yellow Redpole, Edw. pi. 256. Bartr. Trav. 290. Am. Orn. iv. pi. 28. f. 4. 

 Red-headed Warbler, Gen. Syn. iv. 479. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 289. Shaw's Zool. x. 

 p. 733. 



SIZE of the Black-Cap ; length four inches and three quarters ; 

 breadth eight. Bill black ; crown of the head red ; upper parts of 

 the body olive green, the under bright yellow, spotted with red on 

 the breast and belly; over the eye a line of yellow ; the wings deep 

 dusky brown, feathers edged with yellow olive; tail as the quills, 

 slightly forked. 



The female is paler in colour, wants the red on the crown, and 

 the yellow on the under parts is less brilliant ; the streaks on the breast 

 fewer, and less distinct; in some scarcely spotted. 



This is found in Pennsylvania, in March or April, in its passage 

 northward ; feeds on the stamina of the flowers of the maple, then 

 in bloom, else winged insects; is a lonely bird, keeping in thickets, 

 and low bushes, seldom perching on tall trees ; departs in September, 

 but the nest is not described by any one. Some of these birds are 

 found in the winter in Georgia. 



