SPECTACLE WARBLER. 



631 



Motacilla Caprata. Lin. Syst, Nat. l. 335. SS.-^Gmel. Syst. 

 Nat. I. 986. 



Rubetra lucionensis. Briss. Orn. 3. 442. 30. pi. 24. f, 2. male. 

 J] 3. female. 



Traquet de I'isle de Liigon. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. 22g» — 



Buff, PI. Enl. 235./. 1. 2. 

 Luzonian Warbler. Lath. Gen, Syn. 4. 451. 48. 



The male of this bird has the beak and legs 

 dusky : the lesser wing-coverts nearest the body 

 and the vent are white, and the rest of the 

 plumage blackish brown : in some the rump is 

 whitish ; the female is brown above, and rufous 

 beneath : her throat is whitish : the rump and 

 upper tail-coverts are pale rufous, and the under 

 dirty rufous white: the tail is brown. Inhabits 

 the Isle of Luzonia. 



SPECTACLE WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia perspicillata. ) 



Sy. nigrttf tectricibus alarum macula alba notatis, orbitis nudis 



Jtamcantibus rugosis. 

 Black Warbler, with a white spot on the wing-coverts ; the orbits 



naked, rugged, and yellowish. 

 Sylvia perspicillata. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 524. 54. 

 Motacilla perspicillata. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 969. 

 Clignot ou Traquet a lunette. Buff, Hist, Nat. Ois. 5. 234. 

 Spectacle Warbler. Lath. Gen, Syn. 4. 452. 50. 



This is a very singular species, and is well 

 marked by the following peculiarities: its eyes 



