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RADDE'S BUSH-WARBLER. 



Lusciniola schwarzi, Saunders, Manual of British Birds,- 2nd Ed.,, pp. 

 73* 74* (woodcut), 1899. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE PLUMAGE. 



Adult Male in Autumn and Winter. — The upper parts 

 are uniform olive brown, but the upper tail-coverts are of 

 a rather more rusty colour, and the outer edges of the 

 primaries and tail-feathers more yellowish. There is a dis- 

 tinct buffish yellow "superciliary stripe ending somewhat 

 abruptly, the lores are blackish, and the cheeks brownish grey 

 with a light narrow stripe in the middle of each feather. The 

 throat is whitish, the crop more of a buff colour — some speci- 

 mens showing „a slight vinous tint — and this colour extends 

 down the fianksv- The under tail-coverts are whitish buff, and 

 ; the abdomen pure white. In some specimens- the under parts 

 have a more olive yellowish appearance. The under part of 

 the :t ail is lavender brown, and the- shafts of the feathers 

 whitish. The feet are buffish flesh colour, iris brown, and the 

 bill horn colour, the lower mandible being buffish yellow at 

 the base. ; # ~ 



In the spring the yellow on the under surface seems 

 to be the predominating colour, and the upper parts are 

 olive. , ■&&* 



