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BLUE-THROATED WARBLER. 

 (Sj^lvia Suecica.) 



Sy, pectore Jerrugineo fascia ccerulea, rectricihus Juscis versus 

 basin firnigineus. 



Warbler with a rust-coloured breast, striped with blue ; the tail- 

 feathers brown, rusty towards the base. 



Sylvia suecica. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 521. 43. 



Motacilla suecica. Lin, Syst. Nat. 1 . 336. 37. — Lin, Faun» Suec, 

 25g.—GmeL Syst, Nat, 1. 989. 



Cyanecula, Briss. Orn, 3. 413. 19. male. 



Cyanecula gibraltarensis. Briss, Orn. 3. 4l6. 20. female. 



La Gorge-blue. Buff. Hist. Nat, Ois. 5. 206, pi. n.—Buff, PL 

 Enl. 610./. 1. male.y^ 2. female.y. 3. young. 



Blue-throated Warbler. Pen, J ret. Zool. 2. 41 7. e. — Edwards, 

 Birds, pi. 28. female. — Lath, Gen. Syn. 4. 444. 30. 



jS. macula pectoris nivea. 



With a pure white pectoral spot. 



La Gorge-blue. Buff, PL EnL 361./ 2. 



This beautiful species is nearly the size of the 

 Red-breast: the upper parts of its plumage are 

 greenish : the eyebrows white : the throat, and 

 fore-part of the neck, are of a bright azure blue ; 

 beneath which is a black border, then ijred : the 

 belly, thighs, and vent, are dusky white : the tail 

 is brown, with the base of all but the two middle 

 feathers orange-red : the female has the throat 

 white : across the neck a band of blue, edged with 

 one of black beneath : in other respects she re- 

 sembles the male : in some specimens of the male 

 there is a beautiful silvery spot in the middle of 



