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INSECTIVORiE. 



Family SYLVIADJE. 



Genus Sylvia, f Latham.) 



Sectioi^ II.— HUMICOL^, {Milhle.) Groimd Warblers. 

 SYLYAIlSrS, {Temmmclc.) 



SWEDISH 

 BLUE-THEOATED WARBLEE. 



Sylvia ccerulecula. 



Motacilla suecica, Linnjetjs S. N. 12th. Edit. 



1766, torn, i., p. 836. 

 Gmelin; Syst. 1788, 

 torn, i., p. 989. 

 " ccerulecula, Pallas ; Zoog. 1811, p. 480. 



Sylvia suecica, Latham; Ind. 1790, 



torn ii., p. 621. 

 Lusciola suecica, Keyseeling and Blasixjs? 



Die Wirbetl, 1840. 

 " cyanecula orientalis, Schlegel; Revue, 1844. 



OstlicJier BlauheJilcJien, Of the Geemans. 



Gorge-bleu orientale, Of the Feench. 



Specific Cliaracters. — Throat and neck blue, with a rusty red 

 spot in the centre ; tail feathers dai-k brown ; the basal half bright 

 red, except the two middle ones. Length of adult male sent me 



