MOUSTACIIED WARF.T.ER. 87 



CYO]), and upper part of the belly pure wliite, slightly 

 shaded abou.t the crop with russet; flanks, lower part 

 of belly, and under tail coverts a lively russet; the 

 lores and a spot behind the eyes, black; superciliary 

 ridge white, becoming broader towards the nape. Wings 

 and tail dark brown, the inner barbs of the primaries 

 bordered with white; beak and legs brown; ms nut 

 brown. First primary very short, the second shorter 

 than the third, which is somewhat shorter than the 

 fourth, the fourth and fifth almost equally long, the 

 latter longest: the exterior web of the fourth and fifth 

 contracted towards the end. 



Degland says that in the aatumnal plumage the upper 

 parts are of a tint less dark, with the black lines on 

 the centre of the feathers of the head, and the borders 

 of those on the body redder. The white of the neck, 

 crop, and stomach less pure; the crop and flanks of a 

 darker reddish brown. The young before the first 

 moult are of a lighter brown, with more olive-colour 

 above. 



Figured by Temminck and Laug, pi. col., 245; by 

 Roux, Ornith. Prov., pi. 233; Savi, Ornith. Tosc; 

 Mlihle, Monogr. der Eur. Sylv. 



