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MOOR WARBLEK. 

 (Sylvia maura.) 



Sy. atra, suhfus alia, uropygio laieribusque colli albis, jvgido tn-* 



tense ferrugineo, macula alarum basique caudce albis. 

 Dusky Warbler, beneath white, with the rump and sides of the 



neck white ; the jugulum bright ferruginous ; a spot on the 



wings, and the base of the tail, white. 

 Sylvia maura. Lath. Ind, Orn, 2. 526. 62. 

 Motacilla maura. Pall, Trav, 2. 708. 17. — GtneL Syst, Nat, 1. 



975. 



Moor Warbler. Lath, Gen, Syn, 4. 458. 60. 



First described by Pallas, who informs us that 

 it is found amongst the birch-trees that are scat- 

 tered in the forests of Ural, and in the fields be- 

 tween the rivers Tobol and Irtisch, in Russia : it 

 feeds on insects, and places its nest in the deserted 

 habitation of a mouse or other quadruped, in holes 

 of trees : it has a slight resemblance to the Whin 

 Chat, which it equals in size : its head and neck 

 are black, edged with paler : back and base of the 

 wings the same, the latter with grey edges: wing- 

 coverts with an oblique yellowish white stripe; 

 wings brown : rump and base of the tail white : 

 throat ferruginous : sides of the throat, and all the 

 under parts of the body, v\^hite : tail black : the 

 female and young have the head grey, varied with 

 brown 5 the back the same, and the rest of the 

 plumage much paler. Dr. Latham mentions a 

 birdj which he considers a variety of the above: it 



