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SOOTY WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia fulicata.) 



Sy. tiigro-violacea^ ens so castaneo, macula tectricum alba, 

 Violet-black Warbler, with the vent chesnut, and spot on the 



wing-coverts white. 

 Sylvia fulicata. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 524. 53. 

 Motacilla fulicata. Lin. Syst. Nat. l. 336. 39. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 990. 



Rubetra philippensis. Briss. Orn. 3. 444. 31. pi. 23.f, 2. 

 Traquet des Philippines. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois, 5. 230. — Btiffl 



PI. EnL \Q5.f. 3. 

 Sooty Warbler. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 451. 4g. 



Length rather more than six inches : the beak 

 and legs brown : the prevailing colour of the 

 plumage violet black : the wings with a white 

 bar : the under tail-coverts pale chesnut. In- 

 habits the Philippine Islands. 



PHILIPPINE WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia Philippensis.) 



Sy. violacea nigra, subtus rufescente alba, capite rtifescente albo, 

 collo sordide rubro, fascia pectoris ccerulescente, rectricibus ex- 

 timis extus rufo albis, 



Violet-black Warbler, beneath reddish white, with the head 

 reddish white, the neck dull red, a blue band on the breast, 

 and the exterior tail-feathers reddish white on the outer 

 edges. 



