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WHITE-POLL WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia varia.) 



SY. albo nigroque maculata, Jasciis duahus alarum alhis, cauda 

 ■Jurcata. 



Warbler spotted with black and white, with two white bars on 



the wings, and the tail forked. 

 Sylvia varia. Lath. Ind, Orn. 2. 539- 118. 

 Motacilla varia. Lin. Syst, Nat. 1. 333. 23*^Gmel, St/st. Nat. 



1. 979. 



Ficedula dominicensis varia. Briss. Orn. 3. 529. ^9- P^' 27-/. 5. 

 Figuier varie de St. Domingue. Buff. Hist, Nat. Ois. 5, 305. 

 Black and White Creeper. Edwards. Glean.pl. 300. 

 White-poll Warbler. Pe7t, Arct. ZooL 2, 402. 293.— Xa^^. Qen, 

 Syn. 4. 488. 114. 



Found in many parts of North America and 

 the West Indies: it is the size of the Blackcap: 

 length nearly five inches : beak dusky : crown of 

 the head white ; the sides black, with two streaks 

 of white : the back, rump, and throat, white, varied 

 with large black spots : wing-coverts black, with 

 two white bands : quills dusky, edged with grey : 

 some of them nearest the body are nearly white : 

 breast and sides white, spotted with black : belly 

 - white : tail slightly forked, dusky, edged out- 

 wardly with grey, and the exterior feathers whitish 

 pn the inside: legs greenish brown, ' 



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