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INSECTIVOEtE. 



Family SYLVIAD^. 



Genus Sylvia. (Latham. J 



EUBY-THEOATED WARBLEE. 



Sylvia calliope. 



Motacilla calliope, 



Turdus CamtscJiatJcensis, 



" calliope, 

 Accentor calliope, 

 Calliope Lathanii, 



" CamtscliatTcensis, 



Lusciola (Melodes) calliope, 



Cyanecula calliope, 

 Sylvia calliope. 

 Gorge en feu calliope, 

 Feuerlcehlchen Sanger, 

 Qunpigera, 

 Gangular, 

 Nogotto, 



PALLAS; Yoy., 1776. 

 G-MELiN; Syst. ]Sr., 1788. 

 Gmelin; S. N. L. 

 Latham; 1790. 

 Temminck; 1835. 

 Gould. 



BONAPAETE; 1838. BlTTH. 



Hodgson. 



Ketseeling and Blasitjs; 1840, 



schlegel; 1844. 



Geay; G-en. Birds. 



MiiHLE; 1856. 



Of the Feench. 



Oe the Geemans. 



Bengal. 



Nepal. 



Japan. 



Specific Characters. — Upper parts olive green; primaries and 

 tail hair brown. Under parts whitisli, mottled with olive; throat 

 and neck of a clear brilliant vermillion red, lighter in the female. 

 Length of male six inches and a half; carpus to tip three 

 inches; tarsus one inch and three-fifths; middle toe one inch and 

 one-fifth. Female rather less. 



