Genus CALLIOPE. 
Gren. Cuar. Bill shorter than the head, straight, compressed. laterally and pointed, with a 
slight indication of a notch near the tip of the upper mandible: base of the bill garnished 
with a few fine and short bristles. Mostrils basal and oval. Wings rather short and 
rounded, the first quill very short, the third and fourth the longest. Tal short and 
rounded. ars? long and slender, the hinder toe furnished with a large strong claw. 
GORGET WARBLER. 
Calliope Lathamii. 
La Calliope. 
Amone the subdivisions into which the Sy/iade are now distributed, we do not find one to which we can 
strictly refer the present beautiful bird; we have therefore ventured to form a new genus for its reception, 
taking the specific appellation of Pallas for its generic designation. We cannot perceive its immediate rela- 
tionship to the Accentors, to which M. Temminck has referred it: both Gmelin and Latham have consi- 
dered it to be a Thrush (Zurdus) ; but although not ranging with any established genus of that family, its 
form is very similar to some of the smaller species of that group. In the silky character of its plumage, in 
the presence of the gorget, and in the great difference between the sexes, it evinces a close affinity to the 
Blue-throated Warbler (Phenicura Suecica), but in its general form and contour it approximates to the 
Nightingale (Philomela Luscinia), to which we consider it to be most nearly allied. 
In naming this species after the venerable Dr. Latham, we are influenced by a desire to render a tribute of 
respect to one who has laboured much in the science of ornithology, and who at an extremely advanced age 
is now cheerfully passing the remainder of his days in the enjoyment of every domestic felicity, universally 
honoured by all his contemporaries. 
Although the Gorget Warbler has in a few instances been taken within the precincts of Europe, its true 
habitat is the north-eastern portions of Asia, being a native of Siberia, Kamtschatka, and the island of Japan. 
Of its nidification and general economy we know but little: it is said to have an agreeable song, which it 
utters while perched on the topmost branches of trees. 
The male has the whole of the upper surface of a uniform olive brown ; over the eye a clear stripe of 
white; a black space between the beak and the eye; a white moustache beneath the eye; from the base of 
the under mandible a gorget of fine scarlet spreads over the throat ; chest greyish brown ; flanks brown ; 
abdomen whitish ; bill blackish brown ; feet light fleshy brown. 
The female differs from the male in wanting the black space between the bill and the eye, in the absence of 
the white moustache, and in being destitute of the beautiful gorget. 
The Plate represents a male and female of the natural size. 
