WARBLER. 191 



outer feathers almost wholly white ; the next the same on the end 

 half, the third only tipped with white. 



Inhabits Louisiana with the Grasset. They both frequent the 

 Tulip trees, and Magnolias, particularly the latter ; and both esteemed 

 for the table, and of course,when in season, are much sought after. 



253— MURINE WARBLER. 



Sylvia murina, hid. Orn. ii. 528. 

 Motacilla murina, Gm. Lin. 978. 

 Murine Warbler, Gen. Syn. iv. 463. Shaiv's Zool. x. 617. 



SIZE of a Sparrow. Head and neck black ; body and wings 

 mouse-colour; from the bill a white streak, passes through the eye, 

 down each side of the neck ; belly white, down the middle black ; 

 tail black, the outer feathers rather shorter, and fringed with white. 



Native place uncertain. — In the Museum of the late Mr. Charles 

 Boddam. 



254.— BLUE WARBLER. 



Sylvia Sialis, Ind. Orn. ii. 552. Vieill. Am. ii. pi. 101. 102. 103. 



Motacilla Sialis, Lin. i. 336. Gm. Lin. i. 989. Eahn. It. iii. 30. 



Rubecula Carolinensis coemlea, Bris. iii. 423. Id. Svo. i. 428. Klein, 77. III. 3. 



Buf. v. 212. PI. enl. 396. 1. 2. 

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

 Blue Redbreast, Edw. pi. 24. Cates. Car. i. pi. 47. 

 Blue Warbler, Gen. Syn. iv. 446. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 281. Bartr. Tr. 2S9. Nat. 



Misc. pi. 261. Am. Orn. i. pi. 3. f. 3. Shaw's Zool. x. 663. 



THIS is a trifle larger than our Redbreast ; length seven inches, 

 twelve in extent, and weighs one ounce and a quarter. Bill blackish 

 and stout, inside of the mouth yellow ; irides dark brown ; plumage 

 above dark blue, beneath to the belly rufous red ; belly, vent, and 

 under tail coverts, rufous white ; legs black. In some there is a little 

 mixture of blue on the I east. 



