MADAGASCAR WARBLER. 



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found with the head, neck, wings,- and tail, white ; 

 the rest of the plumage pale brown and white 

 mixed. 



MADAGASCAR WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia Madagascariensis.) 



Sy. olivaceo-fusca, capite rufoy gula alba, pectore rtifescente, ab- 



domine rufo-fusco, 

 Olive-brown Warbler, with a red head, white throat, reddish 



breast, and reddish-brown abdomen. 

 Sylvia Madagascariensis. Lath, hid, Orn, 2. 507. 2. 

 Motacilla Madagascariensis. Gmel. S^st, Nat. 1. 952. 

 Luscinia Madagascariensis. Briss, Orn, 3. 401. 14./?/. 12, 1. 

 Foudi-jala. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. Il6. 

 Madagascar Warbler, Lath, Gen. Syn. 4. 412. 2. 



The Madagascar Warbler is the size of the 

 Nightingale : it is in length six inches and a half: 

 its beak and legs are deep brown : the head is 

 rufous : the coverts of the ears are brown : the 

 upper parts of the body are olive-brown : the 

 throat is white : the breast pale rufous, and the belly 

 olive-brown, with a tinge of reddish : the upper 

 parts of the tail are olive-brown, and the lower 

 olive. Inhabits Madagascar. 



