WARBLER. 197 



261.— RUFOUS-TAILED WARBLER. 



Sylvia ruficauda, Ind. Orn. ii. 519. 



Motacilla ruficauda, Gm. Lin. i. 959. 



La Fauvette de Cayenne a Queue rousse, Biif. v. 163. 



La Queue rousse, Voy. d'Azara, iii. No. 240. 



Rufous-tailed Warbler, Gen. Syn. iv. 439. 



LENGTH five inches and a quarter. Plumage above, as far as 

 the rump, brown ; back tinged with rufous ; chin and throat white, 

 surrounded with pale rufous, and dotted with brown ; breast light 

 brown ; the rest of the under parts white, with a tinge of rufous on 

 the under tail coverts ; wing coverts and tail rufous ; quills margined 

 with rufous. 



Inhabits Cayenne ; seen also in Paraguay. 



262— RUDDY-TAILED WARBLER. 



Sylvia russeicauda, Vieill. Am. ii. p. 17. pi. 71. 

 Reddish-tailed Warbler, Shaw's Zool. x. 675. 



LENGTH five inches and a half. Bill and legs black ; plumage 

 in general grey-brown, with the side tail feathers rufous, the under 

 parts paler than the upper, and incline to rufous; the tail much 

 rounded. 



Inhabits Pennsylvania in summer ; seems to resemble in many 

 things the Red-tailed Warbler, especially the female ; and likewise 

 the Rufous-tailed, yet apparently differs from both. 



263— RUSH WARBLER. 



Sylvia Juncorum, Ind. Orn. ii. 511. 



Motacilla Juncorum, Gm. Lin. i. 952. 



Passer Virginianus, Bris. iii. 101. Id. 8vo. i. 335. Klein, 89. 10. 



