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CHESNUT-BELLIED WARBLER. 



The male of this species is greyish on the upper 

 parts : his throat and breast are black : the belly 

 is whitish between the thighs : the rest of the 

 plumage varied with black and white : the female 

 is entirely of a fuscous brown : both sexes have 

 the two middle tail-feathers brown, and the rest 

 brown at the tips : the vent and bases of the outer 

 tail-feathers are red. Found in Italy: its eggs 

 are whitish. 



CHESNUT-BELLIED WARBLER. 



(Sylvia erythrogastra.) 



Sy. subtus badia, capite nucha alarumque speculo alhis, gents, 

 temporibus, collo, interscapulio et alis aterrimis, uropygio cau- 

 daque badiis. 



Warbler beneath chesnut-coloured, with the head, nape, and 

 spot on the wings, white; the cheeks, temples, neck, between 

 the scapulars and the wings, dark ; the rump and tail chesnut. 



Sylvia erythrogastra. Lath, Ind, Orn. 2. 513. 18. 



Motacilla erythrogastra, Gmel, Syst, Nai, 1. 975. 



Chesnut-bellied Warbler. Lath, Gen. Syn. 4. 424. 13. 



Discovered by Gueldenstaedt among the gra- 

 velly hollows of the Caucasian mountains : its 

 nest is placed between the branches of the sea- 

 buckthorn : it is a migratory species, retiring to 

 the south in the winter when its food becomes 

 scarce : it is fond of the berries of the plant above 

 mentioned, and will feed on insects, like the rest 



