182 WARBLER. 



the latter tipped with white ; shoulders yellow ; over the eye a white 

 streak, and one of black from the base of the bill to the hindhead ; 

 throat greyish ash-colour ; breast, belly, and rump pale yellow ; the 

 sides, thighs, and vent pale yellow, and grey mixed ; the legs slate- 

 coloured. 



Inhabits St. Domingo; is said to make the nest in the withs which 

 entwine among the trees ; is often seen on the Bananas, on which it is 

 supposed to feed ; also on Oranges, Papaws, and other fruits, though 

 it will eat seeds and insects likewise : found often among the bushes, 

 in the untilled grounds ; flies by jerks, but quick, making a twittering 

 note, for it has only a trifling song, and but little varied. It is called 

 Bananiste. 



237— CAYENNE WARBLER. 



Sylvia Cayana, Ind. Orn. ii. 545. 



Motacilla Cayana, Lin. i. 336. Gm. Lin. i. 990. 



Sylvia Cayanensis caerulea, Bris. iii. 534. t. 28. 1. Id. 8vo. i. 455. 



Elotototl quarta, Rail, Syn. 170 ? 



Le Pitpit bleu de Cayenne, Buf. v. 339. PL enl. 609. 2. 



Bec-en-pointjon noir et bleu de Ciel, Voy. d y Azara, iii. No. 103. 



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



Cayenne Warbler, Gen. Syn. iv. 502. Shaw's Zool. x. 655. 



LENGTH four inches and three quarters. Bill blackish ; fore- 

 head and sides of it, part of the back, wings, and tail, of a fine deep 

 black ; the rest of the plumage blue ; legs grey. 



A — Blue Manakin, Edw. pi. 263. Gen. Syn. iv. 503. 



This differs in having only the throat black ; the head wholly 

 blue ; wings, tail, and body, as in the other. 



