FIG-EATING WARBLER. 



591 



Upper parts of the body yellow-brown, waved with 

 black, with a mixture of red, especially on the 

 sides over the wings : under parts cinereous yel- 

 low, crossed with blackish : tail cuneiform, yel- 

 lowish brown, mixed with red, and barred with 

 black lines ; it is very short, the longest feather 

 being only one inch : legs three quarters of an 

 inch long, but stout, and of a yellow colour. In- 

 habits Terra del Fuego." Described by Dr. 

 Latham from Sir Joseph Banks's drawings. 



FIG-EATING WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia naevia.) 



Sy. rufo-Jusca^ Jlavicante cinereoque varia, subtus alha, pectore 

 Jlavicante nigro maculato, remigibus rectricibusque nigricantibus 

 margine albis. 



Red-brown Warbler, varied with yellow and cinereous; beneath 

 white, with the breast yellowish, and spotted with black ; the 

 quills and tail dusky, margined with white. 



Sylvia naevia. Lath, Ind, Oin. 2. 517. 29* 



Motacilla naevia. Gmel, Syst. Nat, 1. 957- 



Curruca naevia. Briss. Orn, 3. 389. 9- 



Fauvette tachetee. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 5, i4g.—Buf, PL Enl. 

 581./. 3. 



Fig-eater. Albin, Birds, 3. pi, 26.— Gen. Syn. 4. 433. 24. 



Length five inches and a half : beak and legs 

 reddish : the upper parts of the body and wings 

 reddish brown, varied with yellowish and cinere- 



V, X. p. II. 38 



