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Slack-cheeked warbler* 



Larger than S. rubicola: the head, neck, and. 

 upper parts of the body, are black ; the edges of 

 the feathers of the back and wing-coverts tawny : 

 the quills near the body have a white spot on 

 them : the whole of the under parts white, with a 

 stripe passing over the lower part of the neck like 

 a half collar : the breast is reddish : the tail en- 

 tirely black : it has much the appearance of the 

 Stone Chat Warbler. Its native place is Mada- 

 gascar, 



black-cheeked warbler. 



(Sylvia chrysops.) 



Sy. rufo-fmca suhtus alba, genis nigris, sub oculis strigajlaw. 

 Red-brown Warbler, beneath white, with the cheeks black, and 



beneath the eyes a yellow stripe. 

 Sylvia chrysops. LatK Ind. Orn. Sup» liv. 5, 

 Black-cheeked Warbler. Lath. Si/n, Sup, IL 248. 31. 



Larger than the Domestic Finch : beak dusky : 

 tongue jagged at the tip : the plumage above 

 dusky brown : through the eye an irregular stripe 

 of yellow: cheeks and sides of the head, surround- 

 ing the eye, black: chin blue-grey: under parts 

 of the body dirty white. Inhabits New South 

 Wales. 



