DWARF WARBLER. 



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and the eyebrows yellowish white ; the wings and tail brown ; 



the rump and tail-feathers edged with blue. 

 Sylvia cyanura. Lath, hid, Orn. 2. 527. 65. 

 Motacilla cyanura. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 976. 

 Blue-tailed Warbler. Lath, Gen, Syn, 4. 459. 63. 



Common in the early winter months among the 

 rivulets of Siberia : the upper parts of its plumage 

 are cinereous yellow, tinged with green : the eye- 

 brows, throat, and under parts of the body, are 

 yellowish white : the sides of the breast are orange- 

 coloured: the quills are brown, with their outer 

 edges greenish yellow, and their inner yellow: 

 the rump is blueish : the tail-feathers are slightly 

 pointed, and are of a deep brown colour, with pale 

 blue edges, appearing wholly of that colour when 

 closed. 



DWARF WARBLER. 



(Sylvia pusilla.) 



SY,Jusca sultus pallida, cauda prope apicem fascia Jusca, 

 Brown Warbler, beneath paler, with a fuscous stripe towards 



the tip of the tail. 

 Sylvia pusilla. Lath. Ind, Orn, Sup, hi. l6, 

 Motacilla pusilla. White, Journ.pl in p, 257. 

 Dwarf Warbler. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 251. 42. 



Somewhat like the Superb Warbler : it has the 

 upper part of its plumage brown, the under pale ; 

 with a band of brown towards the tip of the tail, 

 which is even at the end: its beak and legs are 

 black. It inhabits New South Wales. 



