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SIMPLE WARBLER. 



blue, and are four or five in number: it has a 

 pleasing song, which is uttered through the winter: 

 both young and old birds are very tame, and the 

 former are easily reared : it is a migrative species, 

 wintering in the southern provinces of France. 



The Aquatic Warbler of Dr. Latham does not 

 appear specifically distinct from the above, as it 

 only differs in having the belly and rump whitish, 

 a white spot near the outer angle of the eye, and 

 a band of white at the base of the wing : it is 

 found in the same situations as the former, and is 

 called by the Italians, Grisato. 



SIMPLE WARBLER. 



( Sylvia campestris. ) 



Sy. fusca, capite virescente-cinereo, rectricibus concoloribus, ab- 

 domine albido. 



Brown Warbler, with the head greenish-ash ; the tail-feathers 



of the same colour ; the belly white. 

 Sylvia campestris. Lath, Ind, Orn, 2. 544. 139. 

 Motacilla campestris. Gmel. Syst, Nat,. I, Q53. — Lin, Syst. 



Nat. 1. 329. 5. 

 Curruca jamaicensis. Briss. Orn. Sup. 100. 

 Habit-uni. Buff, Hist. Nat, Ois. 5. 336. 

 American Hedge Sparrow. Edwards. Birds, 122, Jl I, 

 Simple Warbler. Lath, Gen, Syn. 4. 500. 134. 



The Simple Warbler is the size of Sylvia mo- 

 dularis : its beak is black : the head and neck are 



